Salamis (BC 330) Didrachm - Nikokreon

Nikokreon, 331-310 BC. AR Light Cypriot Shekel (6.25g). Turreted head of Aphrodite right, NK (ligate) to left / Laureate head of Apollo left, BA behind. gVF. From Late Collector (Rothschild), J. Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York and Georgiades; ex Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (5/1900), 405; Sotheby, The Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts II - Greek Coins from the John Ward Collection (4/1973), 651; and Elsen 76 (2003), 290.

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Filename:	41404.jpg
City/Mint name:	Salamis
Keywords:	silver / hellenistic
References:	BMC 64, 85;. Weber Coll. 7738; Ward 762 (this coin)
Valuation:	M&M Auc. 27 (5/2008), lot 2138 (EUR 3,600 ($5,626) + comm)
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Date added:	Nov 26, 2011
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