Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 589. Estimate $300.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.
Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYCLADES, Karthaea on Keos. 3rd Century BC. Æ 20mm (6.13 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of a dog (Seirios) left surrounded by rays; fly below. Papageorgiadou-Banis,
The Coinage of Kea,/I>, Series VIII, Issue 2, 106-117; BMC Crete pg. 92, 40; SNG Copenhagen 633. VF, brown patina. Rare. ($300)
The Dog Star Seirios (Sirius), to whom propitiatory sacrifices were made, was associated with the heat of summer, drought and pestilence.
