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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Finest known

Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  3600 CHF
Lot 331
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CILICIA. Anazarbus. Severus Alexander, 222-235. (Bronze, 32 mm, 21.45 g, 6 h). AYT KA M AYP CEOY AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right. Rev. ANAZAPB/OY A section of arched aqueduct supported by eight columns and with three towers; statues of winged Nikai along the top of the stepped water conduit. Cf. Ziegler 546 = Price & Trell 46, fig. 81, otherwise unpublished. For an additional specimen from the same dies, cf. CNG e318, 2014, 432. The second and finest known example. Green patina, and with a sharp portrait and an exciting architectural reverse. Minor porosity, otherwise, extremely fine.



The reverse of this coin shows the aqueduct at Anazarbus, the ruins of which still stand today. Price & Trell suggest that the pyramidal towers seen along the top may be sluice gates.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 19:35:23 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3600 CHF

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