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Nomos 25

20 November 2022
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 10000 CHF
Hammer Price:  10000 CHF
Lot 86
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MACEDON. Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.19 g, 10 h), circa 425. Dionysos, his bearded facing head turned slightly to the left, wearing an ivy wreath and a chiton, holding a kantharos in his right hand and a thyrsos in his left, reclining to right on the back of a donkey walking to right; below, ivy branch (apparently effaced from the die). Rev. ΜΕΝ-ΔΑ-ΙΟ-Ν Raised square bearing a vine with four bunches of grapes; all within shallow incuse square. Dewing 1047 (same dies). Gulbenkian 410 (same dies). Jameson 1960 (same dies). Noe, Mende 64. A lovely, sharp and attractively toned piece. Some uncleaned deposits and roughness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection and that of a Nobleman who died in 1940, and from the Kaliandra Hoard of 1913 (IGCH 358).

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2022, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 03:41:32 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:10000 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 20 November 2022 at 9:00 CET. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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