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Nomos 29

5 November 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 450 CHF
Hammer Price:  3400 CHF
Lot 672

THRACE. Abdera. Circa 411/0-386/5 BC. Triobol (Silver, 11.5 mm, 1.35 g, 8 h), under the magistrate Protes. Griffin springing to left, with open wings and both forepaws raised. Rev. ΠΡΩΤ - ΗΣ Bull's head to left; all within a shallow incuse square. May 336a (A244/P286) = SNG Lockett 1144 (this coin). Attractively toned and sharply struck. Minor traces of corrosion and marks under the toning, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Sternberg XXI, 14 November 1988, 24, and from the collections of Mrs. G. S. Heckett, Sotheby Parke Bernet AG, Zürich, 10 June 1977, 27, and R. C. Lockett, VI, Glendining & Co., 12 February 1958, 1059, ex Naville V, 18 June 1923, 1535 (bought for Lockett by Baldwin's for CHF 8).

Online bidding closes: 5 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 4 Jul 2025, 09:15:39 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3400 CHF
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