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Nomos 26

the Collection Sans Pareille, part I

21 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 250 CHF
Hammer Price:  900 CHF
Lot 484

DYNASTS OF LYCIA. Zemu = Limyra. Uncertain dynast, circa 390-370 BC. Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.63 g). Head of a roaring lion to left. Rev. Zämur (in Lycian) Triskeles. Traité II, 2, 467bis and pl. CIII, 5. Rare. Attractive and well-struck. Extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Auctiones 8, 27 June 1978, 312.

Inferior coins of this type have been ascribed to the dynast Trbbenimi (as CNG e272, 2012, 132 and Papillon 7, 2021, 413) on the basis of a T that the respective cataloguers have seen on the obverse. Viewing the photographs of the respective coins today reveal that there is no sign of this elusive T; this suggests that the T only exists in the tea their cataloguers were drinking! For a correctly described piece, albeit equally inferior to this one, see Künker 226, 2013, 509.

Online bidding closes: 21 May 2023, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 2 Apr 2026, 06:42:37 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:900 CHF
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