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Nomos 26

21 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1300 CHF
Lot 101

SICILY. Eryx. Circa 446/5-440/35 BC. Litra (Silver, 12 mm, 0.74 g, 2 h). Hound standing to right; border of dots. Rev. [ΕΡVΚΙΝΟΝ] Nymph standing facing, fully draped and with her head to left, sacrificing from a phiale held in her right hand over an altar to left and raising her left hand over a vine tendril to right. Buceti 10. Pozzi (Boutin) 991 (this coin). Very rare. Attractively toned. Striking faults and some old scratches under the toning, otherwise, good very fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, from the collections of V. M. Brand and S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 428 (bought by Virgil Brand against Empedocles and Ratto for 60 CHF), and from the duplicates of R. Jameson, Rollin & Feuardent, 20 June 1906, 430.

Online bidding closes: 21 May 2023, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 22 Aug 2025, 20:23:05 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1300 CHF
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