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AE 22

SHH 7374

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

8.07 g   21.6-23.2 mm   2.33 eqmm   tmax 2.9 mm   rh 0.3 mm   1:00 o'clock   VF centering - / -   grooves + / + σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 11.4, rev. 12.1 MS/m Bust of Diana (Αρτεμις) wearing stephane right; bow and quiver at her schoulder. Helmeted Athena standing facing, head left; shield to left of her legs, spear behind; Victoria (Νίκη) right in right hand; [ΣAPΔI] // ANΩ[N] downward to right; Magistrates name ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΣ // ΜΕΜΝΩ // ΝΟΣ downward on lower left. Iregular straight grooves (hand-saw marks) on both sides. Copenhagen cf. 500/502 (2nd-1st c. BC) Ex Artemide Auktionen 18E/168, 22.5.2021