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Nomos 3

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  5000 CHF
Lot 102

ARKADIA, Pheneos. Circa 370-340 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.94 g 6). Bust of youthful Hermes to right, his cloak tied around his neck and with his petasos hanging behind, suspended by a cord Rev. ΦΕ Ram standing to right; above, kerykeion to right. BCD 1608. BMC 5. Traité II, 3, 891. Weber 4317. Rare. Beautifully struck and quite perfect. Minor flan crack, Virtually as struck.


From the Collection Z, Switzerland.

This superb coin must have been paid out and almost immediately buried for safe keeping - it certainly shows no signs of having circulated. As such it is one of the finest obols to have survived from the 4th century BC.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2011, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 08:26:52 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:5000 CHF

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