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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 1250 CHF
Hammer Price:  1000 CHF
Lot 260

KINGS OF ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires V, circa 54/3-33/2 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 14.81 g, 12 h), Seleukia-on-the-Hedyphon, SE year 264 (?)= 49/48. Diademed, bearded, and draped bust of Kamnaskires V to left, wearing circular earring and torc; behind bust to right, star above anchor. Rev. BΑCΙΛЄΩC ΚΑΠΝΑCΚΙΡΟΥ ΟY ΒΑCΙΛЄΩC KΑΠΝΑCΚΙΡ(='King Kamnaskires son of King Kamnaskires') Diademed and bearded head of Kamnaskires IV to left, wearing torc; in exergue, traces of date ΔΞΣ (= 264, Δ illegible). Cf. Alram 463, and Sunrise 479 = Van 't Haaff 9.1.1-3a (all SE 266). Sharp, bright and most attractive. Usual areas of flat-striking, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection, acquired from a California dealer in the late 1990s.

We can be reasonably confident that this coin was struck in SE 264 because its obverse die is the same as one used for a tetradrachm that has a reverse die on which that date is clear (VAuctions 325, 30 June 2017, 303 = https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1268819&AucID=2574&Lot=303). We also can be sure that this coin was struck prior to the piece in the next lot because of the way the date is written: on this it rendered 4-6-2, while the obverse die of the tetradrachm in the following lot links (as Gemini XII, 2015, 249) to pieces that bear dates rendered 2-6-5, a format used in the later 40s BC.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 16:49:47 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1000 CHF

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