Nomos

Auction 26  –  21 May 2023

Nomos, Auction 26

Ancient Greek Silver Fractions, the Collection Sans Pareille

Su, 21.05.2023, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

ELIS. Olympia. 105th Olympiad, 360 BC. Tritartemorion or 3/4 Obol (Silver, 10.5 mm, 0.57 g, 3 h). Head of Zeus to right, wearing taenia. Rev. Ϝ - Α - Λ in the intervals between three outward facing Τ 's arranged in a wheel pattern. BCD Olympia 120 ( this coin ). BMC 81. Jameson 1237. Seltman pl. VIII, 25 ( this coin ). Extremely rare. Nicely toned and well-centered. Good very fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, from the BCD Collection, Leu Numismatics 90, 10 May 2004, 120 and from the collection of V. M. Brand, 5, Sotheby's 1 February 1984, 160, ex Merzbacher, 15 November 1910, 559 and J. Hirsch XVIII, 27 May 1907, 2414.

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Price realized 4'000 CHF
Starting price 680 CHF
Estimate 850 CHF
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