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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Missing from both the BCD and Wallace collections

Estimate: 4000 CHF
Hammer Price:  3400 CHF
Lot 134
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EUBOIA. Eretria. After 180 BC. Octobol (Silver, 22 mm, 5.65 g, 5 h), struck under the magistrate Phanias. Head of Artemis to right, her hair tied loosely at the back of her head, wearing triple pendant earring. Rev. EPETPI-EΩ[Ν] / ΦΑΝΙΑΣ Cow recumbent to right, head facing. Cf. BCD Euboia 346-7 (magistrate). BMC 42. SNG Copenhagen 497. Thompson, Beginning p. 27, 6 = IGCH 223 (Anthedon). Waggoner, Wallace Collection p. 8. Extremely rare, with only five specimens noted by Waggoner, and missing from both the BCD and Wallace Collections. Deeply toned, sharply struck and with a bold and powerful looking head of Artemis. Struck on a slightly irregular flan with some flatness and a scuffs on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection formed between 1950s & 1970s.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 4 Jul 2025, 05:29:34 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3400 CHF
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