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Nomos 26

21 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 150 CHF
Hammer Price:  1600 CHF
Lot 515

CILICIA. Tarsos. Tiribazos, satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.77 g, 12 h). Baaltars seated to right on a backless throne, holding eagle in his right hand and sceptre with his left; behind him to left, monogram. Rev. TRZ (in Aramaic) Baaltars (?), nude except for cloak tied around his shoulders, standing to right, holding an eagle in his left hand and a lotus-tipped sceptre in his right. Göktürk 19 and pl. xviii, 9. SNG Levante 67. Traité II, 2, 1384 and pl. CXXXVII, 11. Obverse lightly struck from worn (?) dies, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXI, 9 September 1994, 376.

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