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Nomos 19

17 November 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 2000 CHF
Hammer Price:  2600 CHF
Lot 237

L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus, April-June 49 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.73 g, 11 h), Apollonia in Illyria. COS L• LENT • C • MARC Head of Apollo to right, with long hair. Rev. Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt in extended right hand and in extended left, eagle right, head to left, with wings displayed; star of eight rays above Q to left, garlanded altar to right. Babelon, Cornelia 65. Crawford 445/2. Sydenham 1030. With a superb iridescent tone and a lovely underlying gold luster. Some striking flatness, otherwise, virtually as struck.

From the A. J. Harlan Collection, Triton XXII, 8 January 2019, 929 and ex Roma VI, 29 September 2013, lot 784.

Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019, 10:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 22:50:24 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2600 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 17 November 2019 at 10:00 CET. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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