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Obolos 20

3 October 2021
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  240 CHF
Lot 814

PAMPHYLIA. Side. Circa 205-100 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30.5 mm, 16.33 g, 11 h), struck under the magistrate Dei..., countermarked to be valid in Knidos. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: tripod within square incuse. Rev. ΔΕΙ Nike alighting to left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and fold of her drapery with her left; to left, pomegranate. SNG BN 674-5. SNG von Aulock 4786. Well-centered and with a clear countermark. Very fine.

From a Dutch collection.

For the tripod countermark and the possible assignment to Knidos see Meadows, "Civic Countermarks on the Silver Coinage of Asia Minor in the 2nd century BC", in: Tekin (ed.) Proceedings of the Second international Congress on the History of Money and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, Antalya 2017, p.200.

Online bidding closes: 3 Oct 2021, 21:47:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 18:26:12 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:240 CHF by sinuri (2 bids)
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