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Nomos 2

18 May 2010
Widder Hotel, Zürich
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Estimate: 95000 CHF
Hammer Price:  82500 CHF
Lot 73

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 440-425 BC. Stater (Silver, 12.23 g). Boeotian shield. Rev. ΘΕ Head of Herakles facing, bearded and wearing lion skin headdress; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 422 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 281. Traité III 234 and pl. CC, 3. Very rare. A superb piece, very well centered, perhaps the finest known. Lightly toned and, extremely fine.


This is unquestionably one of the most startling heads of Herakles ever to appear on a coin: the full frontal view is unusual but the staring, eerie expression makes it clear that we are facing a god and not a mortal.

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2010, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 2 Jul 2025, 02:13:41 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:82500 CHF
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