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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 55

Euboea, Karystos, uncertain Tyrant (c.230-200 BC), AR Didrachm, 7.14g, diademed head of the tyrant right, rev. kapyÓtiÙn, nike driving biga left, waving palm-branch over horses, above which is a trident-head within circle (Wallace, Essays to Stanley Robinson, pl. 26, III/3) a rare and enigmatic issue, see the Wallace article for a full discussion of the issuing ruler), very fine Estimate £ 800-900

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£600