Nomos

Auction 10  –  18 May 2015

Nomos, Auction 10

Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins

Mo, 18.05.2015, from 4:00 PM CEST
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Description

GREEK COINS Thrace Apollonia Pontika, mid 4th century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23mm, 16.93g 6), under the magis­trate Kleinias. Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. ΚΛΕΙΝΙΑΣ Anchor with Α to left and crayfish to right. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 455 (but obverse head to right), oth­erwise unpublished except for the examples that appeared as NAC 66, 38 and Lanz 156, 80 . Very rare, the third and best example known . A lovely coin, of excellent style and struck in high relief. Extremely fine. From a collection in the USA.

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Starting price 8'000 CHF
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