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Nomos 15

22 October 2017
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1000 CHF
Hammer Price:  3200 CHF
Lot 160

CARIA. Knidos. Circa 500 BC. Diobol (Silver, 14 mm, 1.83 g, 9 h). Head of roaring lion to right. Rev. Archaistic head of Aphrodite to right, with her hair bount with fillet and falling down behind; all within incuse square with dotted linear border. BMC 9 (these dies). Cahn p. 19 pl. 1, 1 (V1/R 1). SNG Copenhagen 249 (these dies). Very sharp, an extremely attractive example of the finest late archaic style, and with a particularly well-struck reverse. Minor die break on the reverse and a somewhat irregular flan, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the RRG collection, acquired prior to 1978, ex Hess-Leu 45, 12-13 May 1970, lot 283.

The female head on the reverse of this coin is quite amazingly archaic in flavor: the eye, hair, chin, lips and general profile hark back to the Daedalic style of the 7th century.

Online bidding closes: 22 Oct 2017, 12:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 17:45:20 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3200 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 22 Oktober 2017 at 12:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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