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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 3500 CHF
Hammer Price:  4200 CHF
Lot 263

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 8.59 g, 2 h), struck in the name of Alexander III, Babylon, c. 311-300. Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a griffin rushing to right on the bowl, a pendant earring and a pearl necklace. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike standing left with spread wings, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a stylis in her left; to left, monogram of ΜΤΡ within wreath; in exergue, MI. Price - (but cf. 3749). SC - (but cf. 81). For another example from the same dies, see Gorny & Mosch 211, 2013, 191. A superb, lustrous example, sharply struck and of exceptional quality. Very minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 16 Apr 2024, 07:45:36 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4200 CHF

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