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25 October 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 12000 CHF
Hammer Price:  24000 CHF
Lot 155

EPEIROS, Federal coinage (Epirote Republic). Circa 234/3-168 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 10.05 g 3), Dodona. Jugate heads right of Zeus of Dodona, wearing a wreath of oak leaves, and Dione, diademed and draped; to left, monogram of ΑΥΤΚ; below, monogram of ΑΥΡΚ. Rev. ΑΠΕΙ - ΡΩΤΑΝ Bull butting to right; all within oak wreath. Franke 21. SNG Copenhagen 107. Weber 3024. Very rare. Attractively dark toned as found and unusually well-preserved. Extremely fine.


Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 33, 6 April 2006, 142.

The coinage of the Epirote Republic is fairly well-known, but the didrachms are invariably quite rare. This was one of the largest-sized coins produced in Greece in later 3rd and 2nd centuries. The heads of Zeus and Dione relate, of course, to the great sanctuary/oracle at Dodona.

Online bidding closes: 25 Oct 2011, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 23 Sep 2025, 21:18:00 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:24000 CHF
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