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Nomos 3

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 4500 CHF
Hammer Price:  3600 CHF
Lot 32

SICILY, Syracuse. Dion. 357-354 BC. Hemilitron (Bronze, 17mm, 3.37 g 12). ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ Laureate head of Zeus to left. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Octopus with head at top. CNS 75/4 = Weber 1657 (same dies). LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 189 (same dies). SNG Cop 731. SNG Morcom 737. Extremely rare and with a splendid dark green patina. One of the finest examples known. Extremely fine.


Ex Nomos 3, 10 May 2011, 32.

The Zeus/Thunderbolt bronzes (hemidrachms or litrai) were issued by Dion in very large numbers, but their accompanying Zeus/Octopus fractions, as this, were struck using only a small number of die pairs and are, thus, very rare. The head of Zeus Eleutherios, ‘Zeus the Liberator’, is particularly well designed and elegant; the octopus on the reverse harks back to Syracuse’s bronze and silver fractions of the 5th century.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2011, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 10:22:02 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3600 CHF

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