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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 5500 CHF
Hammer Price:  9000 CHF
Lot 129

CYCLADES, Naxos. Late 3rd-mid 2nd century BC . Didrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 7.24 g, 12 h), Eyryk(...). Head of bearded Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. NAΞI / EYPYK Wreathed krater on a high foot with low handles; to right, thyrsos. Nicolet-Pierre, Cratérophores 22 (D7/R15, this coin); Weber 4684 var (same obverse die). Very rare, the only specimen known from this magistrate. Beautifully toned and with a very strong and impressive head of Dionysos. Good very fine.

From a Swiss collection, ex Hess-Divo 325, 23 October 2013, 205 and from the collection of S. Boutin, Monnaies et Médailles 76, 19 September 1991, 757.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 13:26:50 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:9000 CHF

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