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Nomos 34

the Property of a Late Collector

Zurich, 13 October 2024, 16:00 CEST

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Estimate: 15000 CHF
Hammer Price:  28000 CHF
Lot 123
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SELEUKID KINGS. Seleukos II Kallinikos, 246-226 BC. Stater (Gold, 20 mm, 8.56 g, 12 h), Antioch-on-the-Orontes, branch mint, 244-225. Diademed head Seleukos II to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕ-ΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo, nude, standing to left, testing arrow held in his right hand, and leaning on a bow, held with his left hand and set on the ground to right; in the outer field to left, monogram of ΔΙΩ; in the outer field to right, monogram of ΔΕΛ. CSE 423 = Houghton, Tarik Darreh, ANSMN 25 (1980) pl. 33, 6, Le Rider, Antioche, 2 and SC 703, 2 (this coin). A unique variety, well-centered and with a fine portrait. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.

Property of a Late Collector, and from the collection of A.A. Houghton, Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII, 31 March 1987, 305.

Online bidding closes: 13 Oct 2024, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Apr 2025, 09:40:39 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:28000 CHF

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