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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 3500 CHF
Hammer Price:  8500 CHF
Lot 169

BITHYNIA. Herakleia Pontika. Circa 360/340 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.96 g, 12 h). Youthful head of Herakles to left, wearing lion's skin headdress; below neck, club to left. Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ Head of Hera to left, wearing turreted stephane adorned with palmette and two punctated discs, pendant earring, and torch-like necklace; before her neck, astragalos. Jameson 1384 (this coin). RG II 21. Cf. SNGBM 1597 ff. and SNG von Aulock 358. Very rare. Beautifully toned and of very attractive style. Extremely fine.

Ex The Numismatic Auction 3, 1 December 1985, 113 and Monnaies et Médailles 54, 26 October 1978, 257, and from the collections of W. Niggeler, I, Bank Leu & Münzen und Medaillen, 3 December 1965, 350, Robert Jameson, and Consul E. F. Weber (1830-1907), Part I, Hirsch XXI, 16 November 1908, 2335.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 07:14:08 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:8500 CHF

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