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Nomos 21

21 November 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 32500 CHF
Hammer Price:  60000 CHF
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CELTIC, Northeast Gaul. Parisii. Circa 100-57 BC. Stater (Gold, 21.5 mm, 7.36 g, 1 h), branch mint "B", class I. Celticized head of Apollo to right, with wavy hair and an X on his cheek (joue tatouée). Rev. Stylized horse to left with a fan-like checkerboard design above and a rosette below. CdB classe I, 3 (same dies). De la Tour - (cf. 7790). Delestrée & Tache I, 41. Sills 497 (same obverse die). Very rare. With a bold and stylistically impressive head of Apollo on the obverse and lively horse on the reverse. Struck on a slightly short flan, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Aletheia Collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 April 2011, 482.

Online bidding closes: 21 Nov 2020, 11:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 16:31:04 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:60000 CHF

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