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Nomos 19

17 November 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 6500 CHF
Hammer Price:  22000 CHF
Lot 78

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.47 g, 2 h), Pella, 342/337-6. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Nude jockey on horse prancing to left, holding the reins with his left hand and a long palm branch in his right; below horse, horizontal thunderbolt. Gulbenkian 816. Le Rider 295. SNG ANS 395. Beautifully toned and with a particularly elegant head of Zeus of the finest late Classical style. A wonderful coin. Extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, from the collection of a Lusitanian aristocrat, Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 177, and from that of Martine-Marie-Pol de Béhague, Countess of Béarn (1870-1939), Vinchon 14 April 1984, 101.

Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019, 10:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 08:55:47 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:22000 CHF

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