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Nomos 21

21 November 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  6000 CHF
Lot 224

CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 23.5 mm, 10.69 g, 6 h). Athena seated to left, helmeted and draped, holding spear with her right hand and resting her left arm on her shield at her side; to right, olive tree. Rev. ΜΑΛ On the left, Hermes standing facing, nude but for cloak tied around his neck and falling behind him, holding kerykeion in his right hand and resting his left at his wife; on the right, Aphrodite standing left, wearing long chiton and with her hair tied in a bun at the back, resting her right hand on Hermes' shoulder and leaning, with her left elbow, on a low column to the right. Casabonne type 12. SNG Levante 155. SNG Paris 403. An attractive and iconographically endearing coin, with an especially pleasing reverse, showing Aphrodite encouraging Hermes with a pat on his back! The obverse struck from a rusty die and with an apparent bang on Athena's right arm, otherwise, extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 21 Nov 2020, 11:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 9 Jul 2025, 18:36:48 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6000 CHF
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