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Nomos 9

21 October 2014
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 3750 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 100

Thessaly, Ainianes. c. 400-344 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.88 g 12), Hypata. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left. Rev. ΑΙΝΙΑΝ Sword in scabbard and spear point, both upwards. BCD 1014 (this coin). Jameson 1080. Traité IV, 453, pl. CCLXXXVII, 16. Very rare. Toned and attractive, one of the finest known examples. Good very fine.


From the BCD Collection, Nomos 4, 10 May 2011, 1014, ex Sotheby’s, London, 22 April 1970, 120 (£42) and from the collection of S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 1190.

The weapons on the reverse are those used by Phemios, the local Hero of the Ainianes.

Online bidding closes: 21 Oct 2014, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Mar 2024, 03:31:29 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold

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