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Banner Artemide eLive 17
Eleusinian Festival Coinage
Lot # 79
Continental Greece. Attica, Athens. AE 17 mm, circa 340-335 BC. Obv. Triptolemos, holding grain ear, seated left in winged chariot being drawn by two serpents. Rev. Pig standing left on mystic staff; ivy vine below. Kroll 38d var. (pig right); Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 103, 14. AE. 3.86 g. 17.00 mm. R. VF. Svoronos illustrates 35 examples of the Triptolemos / Pig AE. Only one has the pig left.