Leu Numismatik

Auction 1  –  25 October 2017

Leu Numismatik, Auction 1

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and early Medieval coins, Renaissance medals,...

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Description

★ An unusually complete tetrobol of Evagoras I ★

CYPRUS. Salamis. Evagoras I, circa 411-374 BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 15 mm, 3.24 g, 9 h). ???-[?-?] ('e-u-wa-ko-ro' in Cypriot syllabic script) Herakles, nude, seated right on rock draped with lion skin, holding a rhyton in his left hand and leaning on club with his right. Rev. [?]-???-? ('pa-si-le-wo-se' in Cypriot syllabic script) He-goat seated to right; to right, [Δ] (?). BMC 57. Masson & Amandry, Notes de numismatique Chypriote VI-VIII. Monnaies d'argent d'Evagoras Ier, in: RN 30 (1988), 38, Bc. SNG Copenhagen 49. Rare and unusually complete. Light porosity as usual, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.

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Price realized 420 CHF
Starting price 400 CHF
Estimate 500 CHF
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