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Obolos 17

20 December 2020
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Unpublished and an artistic reverse die

Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  380 CHF
Lot 484

PHRYGIA. Dionysopolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue, 2nd-3rd centuries. Diassarion (Bronze, 23.5 mm, 7.93 g, 6 h). ΔΗΜΟC Laureate bust of Demos to right, slight drapery on far shoulder. Rev. ΔΙΟΝΥC-ΟΠ-ΟΛEIΤΩ/Ν Zeus on horseback right, holding double-headed axe in his right hand over his right shoulder, his left resting on horse's rump. BMC -. Lindgren & Kovacs -. Lindgren III -. McClean -. RPC -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Hunterian -. SNG Righetti -. SNG von Aulock -. Weber -. Seemingly unpublished. Reverse of paricularly fine style. Green patina with light earthen deposits. Very fine.



The mane of the horse upon which Zeus rides, es well as its expression and stance, show the innate skill of the die engraver.

Online bidding closes: 20 Dec 2020, 19:02:00 CET Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 06:40:37 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:380 CHF by MailBidder2339 (8 bids)
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