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Nomos 21

21 November 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 1800 CHF
Hammer Price:  3700 CHF
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CELTIC, Northeast Gaul. Uncertain tribe, perhaps the Suessiones or the Ambiani. Circa 60-30/25 BC. Quarter Stater (Gold, 12.5 mm, 1.40 g, 6 h), "au petit serpent cornu et à la croisette" type. Celticized head to right, with a laurel wreath and, below right, a wing-like element. Rev. Horse galloping to right; above, crescent and horned serpent looking back to left (a carnyx?); to right, various ornaments; below, cross. Delestrée & Tache 329. Scheers group 26a, 182 (ascribed to the Suessiones). This type, with a cross symbol on the reverse rather than an "anchor", is very uncommon, if not rare. Very well and sharply struck, with a particularly attractive reverse. Extremely fine.

From the Aletheia Collection, ex Leu Numismatics 79, 31 October 2000, 2.

Online bidding closes: 21 Nov 2020, 11:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 09:55:03 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3700 CHF

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