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Nomos 29

5 November 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  3000 CHF
Lot 665

SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Litra (Silver, 11 mm, 0.81 g, 9 h). Head of Arethusa to right, wearing simple pendant earring and with her hair in an ampyx; behind her head, dolphin swimming downwards to right. Rev. Octopus. Bérend, KME pl. VI, 16 (same dies). Buceti 545. HGC 2, -. Kreutzer, Kleinsilbermünzen, 8.4 (same dies). Rizzo pl. XLVII, 14 (same dies). SNG ANS 282 (same dies, = KME pl. VI, 14). SNG Ashmolean (same dies). Very rare. Of a fine, fully Classical style. Slightly rough surfaces with some pitting, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of L. Mildenberg, ex Knoepek 7 April 1978, 122.

Online bidding closes: 5 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 May 2025, 06:10:56 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3000 CHF

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