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Nomos 21

21 November 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 6500 CHF
Hammer Price:  7000 CHF
Lot 99
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THRACE. Abdera. Circa 336-311 BC. Stater (Silver, 23.5 mm, 10.49 g, 7 h), struck under the magistrate Hipponax. ΑΒΔΗ / ΡΙΤΕΩΝ Griffin lying to left. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΟ - ΝΑΚΤΟΣ Laureate head of Apollo to right; below, scallop shell. AMNG 153. 11 (this coin). CN 126-35 (obverse 2 / her illustrations are too poor to enable the reverse die to be confidently identified). May 543. Very attractively toned and very well-struck, a lovely piece with an excellent pedigree. Extremely fine.

From the Aletheia Collection, from a Belgian collection, LHS 102, 29 April 2008, 106, and from a Portuguese collection, Leu Numismatics 81, 16 May 2001, 128, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 36, 8 April 1987, 47, and from the collections of the Johns Hopkins University and J. W. Garrett, Bank Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts 16 October 1984, 169, C. S. Bement, Naville VI, 28 January 1924, 846 (purchased from Spink), and that of R. Allatini (a 'gentleman ... relinquishing the pursuit'), Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 9 May 1904, 206.

Online bidding closes: 21 Nov 2020, 11:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 13:58:38 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:7000 CHF

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