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Nomos 28

22 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 2500 CHF
Hammer Price:  3800 CHF
Lot 1105
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 450-440 BC. Nomos or Didrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 7.98 g, 5 h). ΤΑRΑΣ (retrograde) Phalanthos, nude and with both of his arms stretched out to right, riding a dolphin swimming to right; below, scallop shell downwards; border of dots. Rev. ΤΑR[ΑΣ] Young man (Oikist - Taras), with hair cut short in the manner of an athlete, draped from the waist, seated to left on a diphros, and holding an upright spindle in his right hand and a long staff (a baktéria in ancient Greek) in his left. HN III 844. Fischer-Bossert 170 (V83/R119). McClean 551. Rare. Attractive and struck on a broad flan, toned as found. Good very fine.

From a Swiss collection, acquired in Zurich in the early 1990s.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2023, 21:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 14 Aug 2025, 20:50:31 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3800 CHF
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