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Nomos 25

20 November 2022
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  750 CHF
Lot 61
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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. Diobol (Silver, 11 mm, 1.65 g, 9 h). Head of a nymph to left, her hair bound in sakkos. Rev. NYN Grape bunch on vine; all within incuse square. Anokhin 949. Frolova Type I, 2-5. HGC 7, 13. MacDonald 86. SNG Stancomb 508. Well centered and toned. Very rare. Good very fine.

From a German collection.

The way the grape vine is shown on this coin - coming out from a trunk somewhere off to the right, beyond the field of the coin - is very painterly. It is as if you were looking through a window, which is a technique that is rarely seen on coins. An interesting parallel is G. Hamerani's A VIII/1699 piastra reverse showing the harbour at Anzio, seen through tree branches on the heights above the sea.

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2022, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 09:57:24 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:750 CHF

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