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21 February 2016
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A rare Zürcher Type with Swiss mountain goat

Starting Price: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  650 CHF
Lot 6

CENTRAL EUROPE, Helvetii. Early 1st century BC. Cast unit (Potin, 18mm, 2.76 g), 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 grey glance patina and some fine light deposits as found. Extremely 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: 21 Feb 2016, 15:03:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 22:59:03 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:650 CHF by titeuf (4 bids)
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