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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  1200 CHF
Lot 163

CRETE. Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 17 mm, 2.88 g, 6 h). Forepart of a bull to left. Rev. ΛOPTY-ΝV... Diademed Head of Europa to right, with barley leaves above her forehead and wearing a simple earring (?). Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, 14 = Svoronos, Numismatique 39, and pl. XIII, 13 (same dies). Very rare, unusually well-struck for these issues and most attractive. Some deposits and die rust, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection formed before 2005.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 17:38:10 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1200 CHF

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