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Obolos 20

3 October 2021
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In the style of Euainetos

Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  700 CHF
Lot 530

LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 400-340 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21.5 mm, 7.53 g, 1 h), struck under the magistrate Zo... Female head to right, wearing triple pendant earring, the hair rolled back from the forehead and tucked in at the back. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, ZΩ. HN III 1538. Noe, Metapontum 507 (same dies). Very rare - only five examples on CoinArchives. With a finely engraved female head in the style of Euainetos. Die break on reverse, porosity and deposits, otherwise, good very fine.



Noe, p. 86, notes that the female head on this coin is "derived from the Euainetos head at Syracuse - possibly through the version used at Terina".

Online bidding closes: 3 Oct 2021, 19:25:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 12:10:35 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:700 CHF by LUCKY999 (16 bids)
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