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Obolos 16

11 October 2020
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Starting Price: 40 CHF
Hammer Price:  60 CHF
Lot 490

THRACE. Pautalia. Caracalla, 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 30 mm, 14.76 g, 7 h). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed heroic bust of Caracalla to left, holding in right hand spear, and in left, shield. Rev. OΛΠIAC ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑC Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and bunch of grapes in his left. Cf. Varbanov 4981-2 (obv. legend). Green patina. Fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in December 1999.

Varbanov refers to the object held in Apollo's left hand as a branch, but here it is quite clear that it is a bunch of grapes.

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 18:05:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 14:09:01 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:60 CHF by grey (2 bids)
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