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Obolos 13

15 June 2019
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  65 CHF
Lot 546

PHRYGIA. Cotiaeum. Claudius, 41-54. Assarion (Bronze, 13 mm, 5.54 g, 1 h). KOTIAEIΣ KΛAYΔION KAIΣAPA Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. EΠI OYAPOY YIOY ΠOΛEΩΣ Zeus standing left, raising his right hand. RPC I 3220. Glossy dark brown-green surfaces, with types of excellent style. Very fine.



An experienced collector of paintings once said that the way to tell a bad artist was the way he/she did hands. No matter how well done the rest of a body might be, if the hands looked like claws or flippers, well, the artist wasn't good! On this coin we have a splendid head of Claudius and a fine looking Zeus, BUT Zeus' left hand has only THREE fingers...and his feet look like hooves. Yet it still is a very nice coin!.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jul 2019, 20:33:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 12:12:15 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:65 CHF by MailBidder9866 (2 bids)
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