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Havent got any greeks awhile and this little one caught my eye. Was $5 total.

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THESSALY, Meliboeia Mid to late 4th century BC
Æ Chalkous
O: Head of nymph left, with hair in bun at top of head.
R: ME–ΛI, grape bunch on vine.
13mm
1.87g
Sear 2146v

MELIBOIA (or Meliboea) was an Okeanid Nymph of Syria, in west Asia. She was loved by the river-god Orontes who stayed his streams to woe her and flooded the Syrian plain.

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