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Obolos 3

15 November 2015
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Rare Zürich Type

Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  900 CHF
Lot 3

CENTRAL EUROPE, Helvetii. Early 1st century BC. Cast unit (Potin, 18mm, 3.08 g 9), Zürcher Type. Thunderbolt. Rev. Mountain goat standing left, his head turned back to right. BMC G xxxiii, S 377. SLM 905 ff. Toned and with a dark green patina. Good very fine.


From a Swiss collection.

This is the first coin which can be ascribed to Zürich: a huge hoard of them, the so-called Potinklumpen, was found in Zurich in 1890 under the old stock exchange building at Bahnhofstrasse 3. The entire hoard is now in the Landesmuseum.

Online bidding closes: 15 Nov 2015, 18:01:30 CET Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 00:54:14 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:900 CHF by frebuegla (10 bids)
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