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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2500 CHF
Hammer Price:  3000 CHF
Lot 142

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. Hemistater or Drachm (Gold, 15mm, 4.32 g 10), c. 217-215. Head of Persephone to left, wearing grain ear wreath and pendant earring; behind head, cornucopiae. Rev. ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ Charioteer driving biga galloping to right; below, pellet. Cf. Goldberg 72, 4031 (same obverse die). A very rare variant. Struck from rusty dies and with some double-striking on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a European collection formed in the 1990s.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 20:14:33 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3000 CHF

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