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Nomos 6

8 May 2012
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2000 CHF
Hammer Price:  5500 CHF
Lot 38

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Orreskioi (?). Circa 500-480 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.89 g). Bearded centaur in the ‘running-kneeling’ posture to right, his head turned back to left to look at a kantharos held in his right hand. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. AMNG III, p. 134, 6 and pl. XXVI, 3. Lanz 151, 2011, 341 (same dies). Extremely rare. Well struck but on a slightly short flan. Extremely fine.


From an American Collection.

A centaur was a favorite type of the Orreskioi, a tribe living in over a considerable extent of Macedonia and Thrace: thus this piece, which is certainly from that area, has been ascribed to them.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2012, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 19:49:48 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:5500 CHF

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