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Nomos 24

22 May 2022
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 40000 CHF
Hammer Price:  60000 CHF
Lot 28
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SICILY. Selinos. Circa 455-409 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.52 g, 8 h). ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΣ (retrograde) Apollo and Artemis standing left in a quadriga moving slowly to left; Artemis holding the reins and Apollo drawing his bow. Rev. ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ The rivergod Selinos, horned and nude, holding laurel branch in his left hand and a phiale in his right, from which he pours a libation over a garlanded altar to left; to left, rooster standing left; to right, selinon leaf over a bull standing left on a base. Cf. Rizzo pl. XXXI, 14. Schwabacher 4 (Q1/S4). SNG Ashmolean 1892 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 1222 (same dies). Beautifully toned, well-centered and well-struck. Obverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection, and from that of M. S. Gasvoda, acquired from E. J. Waddell, from the collection of L. von Hoffmann, Sotheby's London, 5 July 1995, 23, ex Bank Leu 36, 7 May 1985, 57.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2022, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 11:25:28 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:60000 CHF

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