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Nomos 16

10 May 2018
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 3500 CHF
Hammer Price:  6000 CHF
Lot 15

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 6.57 g, 11 h). Rider, wearing tunic, leaning back and facing front, on horse springing to right; below to right, bucranium with the letters ΣΩ between the horns; below, ΖΩΠΥΡΙΩΝ. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding hippocamp in his right hand and trident in his left; to right, head of Pan to left, above monogram of ΕΠ. HN III 1054. SNG ANS 1246 (same dies). Vlasto 940. Nicely toned. Very minor die break on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Prospero Collection, New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 40 and ex Monnaies et Médailles 75, 4 December 1989, 59.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2018, 05:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 10:29:07 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6000 CHF

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