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Nomos 29

5 November 2023
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Estimate: 400 CHF
Hammer Price:  3800 CHF
Lot 870

DYNASTS OF LYCIA. Erbbina, circa 430/20-400 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.65 g, 12 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing an Attic helmet with crest. Rev. Head of bearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; in the field to right, club downwards; all within a border of dots in a shallow circular incuse. Apparently unpublished save for auction appearances, as Roma 4, 2012, 386 and Gorny & Mosch 147, 2006, 1503 (both from the same dies). Very rare. A lovely, sharply-struck and lightly toned coin. Extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 560, November/December 1992, 76.

Online bidding closes: 5 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 23 Sep 2025, 21:17:09 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3800 CHF
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