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Nomos 26

21 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 350 CHF
Hammer Price:  2200 CHF
Lot 219

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 380 BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.85 g, 7 h). Bearded head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath with berries at his forehead. Rev. ΘΑΣΙΟΝ Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress and short hunting chiton, kneeling right, shooting his bow; to right, under Herakles' right arm, bunch of grapes. West - (but cf. the earlier gold issue, West 3). Very rare, and probably unpublished. Well-struck, clear and of good style. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the A. Ghertsos collection, Münzen und Medailen FPL 527, November/December 1989, 23.

Online bidding closes: 21 May 2023, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 16 Jul 2025, 09:43:49 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2200 CHF
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