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Obolos 13

15 June 2019
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  530 CHF
Lot 295

KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes, 127-94 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 37 mm, 16.85 g, 12 h), Nikomedia, year ΔOP (174) = 124-123. Diademed head of Nikomedes to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY Zeus standing left, crowning the king's name with an olive wreath held in his right hand and holding a long scepter in his left; inner left, eagle on thunderbolt above monogram and date ΔOP. DCA 444. HGC 7, 645. Cf. Callataÿ p. 54 (D20/R- [unlisted reverse die]). SNG Copenhagen 647 var (date). Rare for this year; well struck on a broad flan. Uneven tone on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jul 2019, 18:27:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 13 Jul 2025, 09:00:20 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:530 CHF by Inviqtus (7 bids)
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