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Obolos 31

21 April 2024

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Tripod Countermark!

Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  220 CHF
Lot 299

PAMPHYLIA. Side. Circa 205-100 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30.5 mm, 16.33 g, 11 h), struck under the magistrate Dei..., countermarked to be valid in Knidos. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: tripod within square incuse. Rev. ΔΕΙ Nike alighting to left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and fold of her drapery with her left; to left, pomegranate. SNG France 674-5. SNG von Aulock 4786. Well-centered and with a clear countermark. Good very fine.

For the tripod countermark and the possible assignment to Knidos see Meadows, "Civic Countermarks on the Silver Coinage of Asia Minor in the 2nd century BC", in: Tekin (ed.) Proceedings of the Second international Congress on the History of Money and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, Antalya 2017, p.200

Online bidding closes: 21 Apr 2024, 16:29:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 3 May 2024, 18:39:34 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:220 CHF by tkornfeld (2 bids)
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