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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  800 CHF
Lot 287

PAPHLAGONIA. Sinope. Triumviral period, 39-35 BC. (Bronze, 25 mm, 8.78 g, 11 h), year 8 = 39/38. C F I AN VIII Bare head of Mark Antony to right; uncertain countermark (or flan fault?) on neck. Rev. EX D D Bare head of Octavian to right. RPC 2110/2. Extremely rare, the second verifiable, and only available, specimen known. Attractive green patina with earthen encrustations. Countermark or fault on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.



There are apparently two other examples of this coin: one cited in RG, but apparently now lost (RPC 2110) and a second one that is in the Sinop Museum (RPC 2110/2).

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 06:07:02 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:800 CHF

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