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Nomos 11

9 October 2015
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  1700 CHF
Lot 79

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29mm, 17.21 g 10), Amphipolis, c. 290-289. Diademed head of Demetrios to right, wearing bull’s horn above his forehead. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon, nude, standing to left, his right foot on a rock, holding a trident with his left hand and resting his right on his right thigh; in inner fields to left and right, monogram. Newell 118 (dies CX/219) = de Luynes 1691 (same dies). A very rare die pair. With a fine youthful portrait of Demetrios, struck on a broad flan and most attractive. Good very fine.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94, 18 September 2013, 281.

Online bidding closes: 9 Oct 2015, 08:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 15:50:50 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1700 CHF

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