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Lot 80 - Auction 15

Lot 80

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Sicily, Tetras (?), Messana (as Zankle), c. 520-510 BC; AR (g 0,24; mm 7; h 10); DANK, dolphin l.; above, three pellets, around linear ... Read more

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Sicily, Tetras (?), Messana (as Zankle), c. 520-510 BC; AR (g 0,24; mm 7; h 10); DANK, dolphin l.; above, three pellets, around linear circle and dotted border, Rv. Nine-part incuse square with scallop shell in center. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG ANS -.
Extremely rare, old cabinet tone, not present in the publications consulted, extremely fine.

The Chalkidian colony of Zankle acquired its name from its sickle-shaped harbor. The polis found itself betrayed by a group of Samian refuges in 493 BC, who had been invited to settle nearby after Samos fell to the Persians.
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