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Nomos 4

The BCD Collection, Thessaly

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich

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Estimate: 375 CHF
Hammer Price:  3600 CHF
Lot 1220

THESSALY, Orthe. Late 4th - early 3rd century. Trichalkon (Bronze, 22mm, 6.24 g 10). Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right, with serpent coiled on bowl of helmet. Rev. ΟΡΘΙΕΙΩΝ Forepart of a horse springing to right from a rocky outcrop, on which grows an olive tree; around, olive wreath with ties below. Moustaka 30. Rogers 421. Traité IV 595, pl. CCXCIII, 16. Bold and clear with a dark patina. Good very fine.


The head of Athena on the obverse is very clearly copied from the gold distaters and staters of Alexander minted in Macedonia, as Price 163 ff.; thus the earliest date for this coin is probably the 320s.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2011, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 4 Apr 2026, 19:02:16 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3600 CHF
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