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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Ex Prospero, Nanteuil, Ready and Sartiges!

Estimate: 4500 CHF
Hammer Price:  8500 CHF
Lot 187
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CARIA. Knidos. Circa 490-465 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 6.25 g, 6 h). Forepart of lion to right, with open jaws and outstretched right paw. Rev. Diademed head of Aphrodite to right, her hair tied at the back in a pony tail, and wearing a pearl necklace; all within an incuse square. Cahn 56, 6 (V30/R43= de Nanteuil 555, this coin). Jameson 1532 (same dies). SNG von Aulock 2597 (same dies). Well-centered, beautifully toned and very attractive. Nearly extremely fine.

From a European collection and from the Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 537, ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 508 and from the collections of H. de Nanteuil, W. Talbot Ready, Feuardent 8 July 1919, 461, and the Vicomte de Sartiges.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 10:30:38 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:8500 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 22 Juni 2021 at 10:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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