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11 October 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  50 CHF
Lot 384

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion(?). Circa 480-450 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 6 mm, 0.23 g, 12 h). Facing head of lioness, viewed from above. Rev. Grape bunch within incuse square. MacDonald -. Tzamalis 56 (Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian mint). Toned. Very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex Münzhandlung Ritter FPL 59, March 2002, 553.

This interesting type seems to fit stylistically with the earliest issues of Pantikapaion, yet it is not included in MacDonald's superb study of that mint's coinage. Tzamalis includes it in his catalogue of uncertain Thraco-Macedonian issues but does not posit a mint.

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 17:12:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 09:13:28 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:50 CHF by MailBidder9866 (1 bid)
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