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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 2000 CHF
Hammer Price:  1800 CHF
Lot 189
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ISLANDS OFF CARIA, Karpathos. Poseidion. Circa 500-450 BC. Stater (Silver, 19 mm, 13.89 g, 12 h), c. 450. Two large dolphins leaping in opposing directions: the upper one to right and the lower to left; below the lower dolphin, small dolphin leaping to right; all within square, dotted border with a floral ornament in each internal angle. Rev. Two parallel incuse rectangles with irregular fields. Stephanaki, Kairos, 46-47 (D12/R15). Cf. Asyut 689-691 and BMFA 2010. Triton XVIII, 2015, 672 (same dies). Rare. Struck from a very worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.

Ex Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, 167.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 12 Jul 2025, 03:57:48 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1800 CHF
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