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CYCLADES, Ios. Circa 325-300 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 19 mm, 6.20 g ). ΟΜΗΡΟΥ Bearded head of Homer to right, wearing a simple taenia. Rev. ΙΗΤΩΝ within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom. Of the greatest rarity and importance, the finest and most famous of all the numismatic portraits of Homer. Beautifully toned and of the finest late Classical style. From the BCD Collection, acquired in the early 1970s from a aspiring collector who had just inherited it from his father-in-law, who had, in turn, seemingly acquired it from his own father prior to World War I.

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