120 BC - 63 BC

Dia   Paphlagonia
Δία   Παφλαγονία
AE 20
 SHH 2246


2246 Dia Paphlagonia AE

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Reference
Composition		 9.14 g   19.0-21.3 mm   12:00 o'clock   EF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) 5.7 MS/m
Laureate head of bearded Zeus right.
Eagle with spread wings half left, head right, standing on thunderbolt;
monogramm in left field; ΔΙΑΣ below.
Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection; ex Steven M. Huston 120th auction, item 109, 6.11.1992;
ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection (this coin). 
BMC Bithynia 1/3 (time of Mithradates Eupator);
BM 1 Black Sea 1560/1565 (ca. 85-65 BC);
Copenhagen IV 404 (time of Mithradates Eupator); Lingren II 115 (this coin);
McClean ---; Sear Greek 3765 (late 2nd - early 1st c. BC);
Stancomb 805/807 (ca. 85-65 BC)

μ-XRF-Analysis, edge core;   ArtTAX Pro, 80-100 µm Spot   13.9.2017
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87.4
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