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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 35000 CHF
Hammer Price:  50000 CHF
Lot 142

EUBOIA. Eretria. after 180 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.69 g, 7 h), struck under the magistrate Epiteles. Bust of Artemis to right, her hair tied with a ribbon behind, wearing a necklace, a pendant earring and a chiton, and with her bow and quiver over her left shoulder. Rev. ΕΡΕΤΡΙΕΩΝ / ΕΠΙΤΕΛΗΣ Steer standing right, its head, adorned with a taenia, turned towards the viewer; all within laurel wreath. BCD Euboia 343 (this coin). SNG Lockett 1794 (same obverse die). Very rare, the second known example. Toned and elegant. Some minor marks and deposits, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection and the collection of P. Guber, Freeman & Sear Manhattan Sale II, 4 January 2011, 43, ex Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, 120 and from the BCD Collection, Lanz 111, 25 November 2002, 343.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 22:22:53 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:50000 CHF

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