Gagai (BC 430-420)

ca 430-420 BC. AR (13mm, 2.44g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Octopus; 'GAKhE' in Lykian, partially inverted, around; all within shallow incuse circle. VF, toned, light porosity, light cleaning marks. Unique. Ex Gorny & Mosch 147 (3/2006), lot 1496; Giessener MÃ¼nzhandlung 97 (10/1999), lot 424.

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Filename:	93000424.jpg
City/Mint name:	Gagai
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	O. Carruba & N. Vismara, "Una emissione arcaica della cittÃ de Gagae," Athenaeum 90 (2002), p. 75 (this coin); otherwise unpublished
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 93 (5/2013), lot 424 ($6,300 + comm)
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