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Lot # 126
Greek Italy. Bruttium, Rhegion. AE 16.5 mm, c. 350-281 BC. Obv. Lion's mask. Rev. ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, ivy leaf. HN Italy 2535 var. (symbol on rev.); HGC 1 1694 var. (same); SNG ANS - ; cf. 695. AE. 3.24 g. 16.50 mm. RR. Superb coin. Wonderful untouched light green patina with darker highlights on lion's face. Apparently unpublished variety with ivy leaf symbol, know only in heaviest issue (7-10 gr and 18-20 mm: HN Italy 2534a). EF.