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Nomos 26

21 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  750 CHF
Lot 479

DYNASTS OF LYCIA. Uncertain dynast, circa 500-480 BC. Trihemiobol or 1/8 Stater (Silver, 9.5 mm, 0.95 g, 12 h). Head of a boar to right; to the left, on his upper shoulder, oval countermark (?) with either a trident to left or a schematic eagle flying to right. Rev. Forehead of a man-headed bull to right; all within an incuse square. Müseler, Lykische Münzen, II,16 (but without the countermark). SNG von Aulock 4102 var. (both heads to left). Traité II, 2, 1615bis and pl. CXLV, 6. Clear and well-struck, nicely toned and with an apparently unpublished countermark. Slightly rough surfaces and with a spot of crystallisation on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Aufhäuser 7, 9 October 1990, 231.

Online bidding closes: 21 May 2023, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 18 May 2025, 06:17:24 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:750 CHF

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