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Nomos 3

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 7500 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 124

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 2.32 g), Milesian standard. Forepart of Pegasos to left, possibly wearing a bridle; below jaws, two pellets. Rev. Irregular incuse square. Gorny & Mosch 164, 188 (same dies). C.f. Weidauer 143 (hemihekte). Extremely rare. Extremely fine.


From a Swiss private collection, ex Nomos, FPL 3 (2010), 81.

While we do not know which mint in Asia Minor produced this attractive piece, it was surely struck in Ionia. In any case, this lively Pegasos, with its small wing just peeping out over its shoulder, was a particularly Greek creature and its appearance on this coin argues that the issuing authority was either Greek or strongly influenced by them.

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