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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 600 CHF
Hammer Price:  1300 CHF
Lot 115

ATTICA. Athens. Circa 406/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver plated bronze, 21 mm, 14.73 g), an emergency issue, produced just before the end of the Peloponnesian War. Head of Athena to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a spiral palmette. Rev. ΑΘΕ Owl standing to right, head facing the viewer; to left, olive sprig and crescent moon; all within incuse square. Svoronos pl. 15, 12 ff. An attractive and well-preserved example of this fascinating issue. Good very fine.

From an American collection, acquired from Frank Kovacs in 2003.

This is certainly one of the coins that were cited by Aristophanes in his comedy, The Frogs, produced in 405 BC; the coins themselves are primarily known from the very large hoard of them that was found in Eleusis in 1902.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 07:36:37 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1300 CHF

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