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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 2500 CHF
Hammer Price:  2400 CHF
Lot 50

SICILY. Akragas. 406 BC. Dilitron (Gold, 11 mm, 1.33 g, 10 h). ΑΚRΑ Eagle with closed wings perching on rock to left, tearing at serpent; on rock, two pellets. Rev. ΣΙΛΑ -ΝΟΣ (partially retrograde) Crab. Dewing 569-571. Gulbenkian 171. SNG ANS 998-999. SNG Copenhagen 52. Westermark 1011 (O1/R3). A rare, piece, struck just prior to the Carthaginian sack of the city. Minor die faults, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Hirsch 171, 25 September 1991, 70.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 9 Jul 2025, 18:17:47 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2400 CHF
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