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Nomos 12

22 May 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  1700 CHF
Lot 61

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 440s-430s BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24mm, 17.20 g 11). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and palmette, round earring and pearl necklace. Rev. AΘE Owl standing to right, head facing the viewer; to left, olive sprig and crescent moon; all within incuse square. Agora 8. Dewing 1596 ff. Svoronos pl. 13, 21 ff. A well struck example of fine style. Some minor traces of die rust on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.


From a European collection formed in the 1990s.

An interesting minor detail about this coin is the dot that appears in the field before Athena’s neck truncation: this is actually one of the pearls of her necklace, which the die cutter attempted to show in ‘pendant’ form.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2016, 03:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 23:27:22 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1700 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 22 Mai 2016 at 3:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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