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Nomos 23

30 November 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Unusually fine and from the Booth Collection of 1900

Estimate: 35000 CHF
Hammer Price:  140000 CHF
Lot 186
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KYRENAICA. Kyrene. Ophellas, Ptolemaic Governor, first reign, circa 322-313 BC. Stater (Gold, 21 mm, 8.63 g, 11 h), struck under the magistrate Chairios. KYPANAION Charioteer, wearing long robes and holding kentron in his right hand, driving quadriga to right; above to right, radiant sun. Rev. [KY] XAIPIOΣ Zeus Ammon seated left on a throne with a simple back, holding an eagle in his right hand and a scepter in his left; in the field to left, thymiaterion. BMC pl. XIII, 26 (reverse of this coin illustrated). Jameson 1352 (this coin). Naville 84c, pl. III (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 1209 (). An unusually fine example of this rare piece: sharply struck and well-centered. Minor marks, otherwise, good extremely fine.

Sold on behalf of the Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique, Switzerland, and from the collection of R. O. Ebert, Gemini V, 6 January 2009, 759, the Golden Gate Collection, Stack's, 14 April 1993, 76, and the collection of R. Jameson, the Woodward Collection and that of H. Booth, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 24 July 1900, 143.

Ophellas, c. 350-308 BC, was the son of the Macedonian Sellenus and came from Pella. He followed Alexander to the East and was a galley commander on the Indus during the expedition to India in 326. After Alexander’s death he followed Ptolemy and became his governor of Cyrene after disposing of the Spartan mercenary leader Thibron, who was ravaging the area. Ophellas was married to a Eurydice daughter of Miltiades, a descendent of the famous Miltiades of the 5th century. There was a revolt in 313, which was rapidly put down, but in 309 Ophellas was lured into an alliance against Carthage with Agathokles of Syracuse, who treasonously betrayed and murdered him.

Online bidding closes: 30 Nov 2021, 08:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 17:02:56 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:140000 CHF

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