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Obolos 13

15 June 2019
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Plate coin in Johnston

Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1900 CHF
Lot 61

LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 400-340 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.85 g, 4 h). Bearded head of Leukippos to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, bunch of grapes. Rev. ΜΕ Barley ear with leaf to right. HN III 1553. Johnston Class A 4.3 (this coin). SNG Ashmolean 738 (same dies). Nicely toned and of particularly fine style. Possibly overstruck on a "pegasos", otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex Triton I, 2 December 1997, 103 and from a private collection cited by Johnston in 1990.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jul 2019, 16:30:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 08:12:39 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1900 CHF by motya18 (16 bids)
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