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Nomos 30

6 November 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 425 CHF
Hammer Price:  480 CHF
Lot 1123

ISLANDS OFF SICILY, Lipara. Circa 350-300 BC. AE (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.76 g, 10 h). Hephaistos seated to right on a low stool, holding hammer in his right hand and [kantharos] in his left. Rev. ΛΙΠΑΡΑΙ/ΩΝ Dolphin leaping to left over waves. Calciati 12. HGC 2, 1780. SNG Copenhagen 1095. SNG Morcom 869. Attractive mottled green and brown patina. Some roughness and with an obverse struck from a rather worn die, otherwise, very fine.

From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 17 may 2012, 2158 and from the collection of A. Hardy, Classical Numismatic Group e116, 15 June 2005, 93.

Online bidding closes: 6 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 2 Aug 2025, 09:02:08 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:480 CHF
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