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Nomos 23

30 November 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Fascinating reverse type

Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  2700 CHF
Lot 235

PONTUS. Neocaesarea. Geta, as Caesar, 198-209. Triassarion (Bronze, 31 mm, 16.34 g, 12 h), dated year PMB = 142 = 205/6. Λ Π CEΠ - ΓETAC KAI Draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right, seen from behind. Rev. KOIN ΠONT NEOKAI MHTPO / ET PMB At the center, the Tyche of Neocaesarea seated to left, turreted and draped, holding a cornucopia with her left hand and extending her right; to the left, three Tychai standing right, and to the right, two Tychai standing left, all turreted and draped. BNF FG 410A (9-40-41) = RG 27. Çizmeli - (D6/R -, unlisted reverse die). Extremely rare, the best, by far, of the three known examples. With a splendid and noble portrait of Geta and a fascinating reverse type. Some surface roughness, otherwise, about extremely fine.



The extraordinary reverse type on this coin appears to show the Tyche of Neocaesarea being honored by the Tychai of the other cities of the Koinon of Pontus.

Online bidding closes: 30 Nov 2021, 08:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 04:24:30 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2700 CHF

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