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A bronze coin of Sardes in Lydia showing a horned panther breaking a spear Coin Type: Bronze AE17 of Sardes in Lydia
Mint and Date: Sardes, 2nd - 1st century BCE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 5.96g
Obverse: Youthful head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy.
Reverse: Horned panther standing left, head facing, breaking a spear held in its right forepaw and jaws.
ΣAPΔI / ANΩN above (partly visible); monograms before and below.
Provenance: gitbudnaumann (eBay), May 2010
Ref: GCV 4735; SNG Copenhagen 464.
BW Ref: 001 049 159
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