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14 June 2015
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  340 CHF
Lot 18

ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. Bronze (18mm, 4.91 g 7). Negro head to right. Rev. Elephant with bell at neck, standing right; below, Etruscan G = ɔ. HN Italy 69. SNG ANS 36. SNG Copenhagen 48. Rare. Scratches on both sides, good fine.


This coin shows one of the earliest numismatic depictions of an inhabitant of a Nubian or Aethiopian - earlier examples are known from Delphi and Lesbos.

Online bidding closes: 14 Jun 2015, 17:09:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 17:49:54 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:340 CHF by MailBidder5592 (6 bids)
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