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Nomos 6

8 May 2012
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 950 CHF
Hammer Price:  950 CHF
Lot 178

Tarsus, Cilicia. Caracalla. 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 31mm, 16.26 g 6), c. 214-217. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥΗΡ[ΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC] CΕΒ Π Π Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗC CΕΟΥΗΡ....... ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΚΑ /ΓΒ Triptolemos, sowing grain with his right hand and holding a grain sack in his left, standing right in car drawn by two serpents to right. SNG Levante 1049 (this coin). SNG Paris 1509-1510 (same obverse die). A rare and most interesting piece of fine style. Dark green patina. Good very fine.


From the M Collection, and from the collection of E. Levante, Triton VII, 12 January 2004, 803.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2012, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2025, 07:08:58 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:950 CHF

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