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Nomos 17

26 October 2018
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Pedigreed to 1956 in Hess-Leu

Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  3400 CHF
Lot 40

SICILY. Messana. Circa 420-413 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.95 g, 5 h). [ΜΕΣΣΑΝA] The Nymph Messana, wearing long chiton and holding goad and reins, driving mule-drawn biga to left; in exergue, two opposed dolphins. Rev. MEΣΣANION (retrograde) Hare springing to right; below, grasshopper feeding to right on a bunch of grapes with vine branch. Caltabiano 512.2 (D205/R212, this coin). Rizzo pl. xxvi, 7 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 402 (same dies). Very attractively toned. Obverse slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, and from the collection of A. Moretti, Triton I, 2 December 1997, 275, ex Hess-Leu 3, 27 March 1956, 123.

Online bidding closes: 26 Oct 2018, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 13:32:45 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3400 CHF

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