Leu Numismatik

Auction 6  –  23 October 2020

Leu Numismatik, Auction 6

The Kleinkunst Collection – A highly important collection of 300 Greek coins

Fr, 23.10.2020, from 4:00 PM CEST
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Description

SICILY. Naxos. Circa 420-403 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 14 mm, 2.00 g, 10 h). Head of Dionysos to left, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. NAΞI-ON Nude bearded Silenos kneeling facing, his torso turned slightly to left and his head turned to right; holding kantharos in his raised left hand and thyrsos in his right, resting near his right knee. Cahn 128 (V78/R105). Extremely rare, one of perhaps half a dozen known examples. Darkly toned and of the finest Classical style. Porous and with a flan crack, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 36, 30 May 2012, 101 and The New York Sale IV, 17 January 2002, 65.

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Price realized 2'000 CHF
Starting price 400 CHF
Estimate 500 CHF
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