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Nomos 24

22 May 2022
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Ex Moretti, Lockett and Sir Hermann Weber

Estimate: 15000 CHF
Hammer Price:  17000 CHF
Lot 11
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BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Circa 425-420 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25x29 mm, 16.87 g). Lion’s mask facing; to right, olive sprig. Rev. ΡΗΓ−Ι−ΝΟΣ (retrograde) Iocastos seated to left on a stool, nude to the waist and holding a staff in his raised right hand, and resting his left on the seat of the stool; in field to left, grapevine; all within a laurel wreath. Herzfelder 61 d (D35/R50, this coin). SNG Lloyd 685 (same dies). SNG Lockett 651 (same dies). Weber 1115 (this coin). A lovely, beautifully toned coin. Some minor flatness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a German collection, once in the collection of A. D. Moretti, Triton II, 1 December 1998, 135 and from the collections of R. C. Lockett, Glendining & Co. 25 October 1955, 533 and Sir H. Weber, Naville IV, 17 June 1922, 184, bought from W. C. Weight of Brighton in 1891.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2022, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 23 Apr 2024, 22:40:42 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:17000 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 22 Mai 2022 at 9:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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