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Nomos 12

22 May 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 4000 CHF
Hammer Price:  5200 CHF
Lot 28

SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 470 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 20mm, 8.30 g 6). Nude and bearded horseman riding to right, leading a spare horse on his left. Rev. ΣΥΡA - KOΣ - ION Head of Arethusa to right, wearing necklace and pearl diadem, her hair tied up in a krobylos that is bound up and falls over the diadem; around, three dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 98 (same dies). Rizzo p. 34, 23. SNG ANS 26 (same dies). A rare coin of lovely style, beautifully toned and perfectly centered. Some surface roughness, otherwise, extremely fine.


Ex Tkalec, 15 May 2010, 13.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2016, 03:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 10:34:14 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:5200 CHF

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