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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  700 CHF
Lot 161

IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.55 g), c. 360s. Youthful male head (Hermes?) to left, with short, curly hair; behind head, petasos. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 83. A very rare type with a very attractive head. Struck on a short flan and with a few scratches, otherwise, good very fine.



Whether this is actually a separate type, with an anonymous male head, or whether it is a variant of Bodenstedt 82, with a head of Hermes, is uncertain. Bodenstedt only knew of a single example (SNG Munich 803), and it might be that within an issue with the head of Hermes, a variant portrait was used for administrative or other reasons; it could be that a head wearing a petasos was from the first semester of the year, and the head with the petasos hanging down the back of the neck was struck in the second.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 21:28:49 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:700 CHF

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