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Obolos 16

11 October 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  50 CHF
Lot 512

THRACE. Serdica. Caracalla, 198-217. (Bronze, 28.5 mm, 17.12 g). [AV]T K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. OΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, bunch of grapes in left. H&J 12.18.7.2. Cf. Varbanov 2164-5 (bust). Olive-green patina. Nearly very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in NYINC 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, 18:16:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 18:08:34 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:50 CHF by grey (1 bid)
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