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Nomos 4

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 650 CHF
Hammer Price:  9500 CHF
Lot 1291

THESSALY. Pharsalos. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 5.75 g, 12 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with a tendril and a griffin bounding to right, and with lowered cheek pieces; behind neck, Ε. Rev. Φ-Α / Ρ-Σ (last two letters retrograde) Thessalian cavalryman riding horse galloping to right, wearing Thessalian helmet, chlamys and chiton, and brandishing a lagobolon with his right hand. Lavva 163 c, O76/R96 (this coin). Very rare and of fine style. Minor scrape on the obverse and rough surfaces, otherwise. Nearly extremely fine.



The Ε that appears on the reverse of this coin probably stands for the abbreviated name ΕΠΙ, which appears on the reverse of a number of coins, unknown to Lavva, that share this obverse die (as Gorny & Mosch 117, 2002, 212).

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2011, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 06:42:28 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:9500 CHF

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