Consign now ribbon CONSIGN NOW
  • Finest Quality Ancient Greek, Roman & Byzantine Coins
  • Renaissance & 17th Century Dutch Medals
  • Auctions & Private Treaty Sales

Nomos 27

22 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

overview
Estimate: 6000 CHF
Hammer Price:  20000 CHF
Lot 1019
Video

SICILY. Akragas. Circa 460-450/46 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.13 g, 4 h). ΑΚΡ[Α] - CΑΝΤΟΣ Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on an Ionic capitol. Rev. Crab; above, Φ; below, rose on a stem with four tendrils; all within a shallow circular incuse. BMC 45 (same dies). Buceti 37. Randazzo 18. SNG ANS 984. SNG Lloyd 806. Westermark 439.2 (O 20/ R 94, this coin). A very rare variant, with the rose and Φ known only from this die, combined with O 19 (W 436: 8 coins, of which 6 are in museums) and O 20 (W 439: 2 coins, this piece and another in London). Very well struck and very attractively toned. Extremely fine.

Ex Tkalec, 29 February 2000, 23.

The letter Φ on the reverse of this coin is absolutely extraordinary, since no other added letter appears anywhere else on the silver coinage of Akragas. It is presumably a magistrate's initial, an earlier version of the later signatures of Straton and Silanos (cf. W. 589 and 595), rather than an artist's signature, like those of Myr... and Polyai... (cf. W. 583 and 587).

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2023, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 4 Apr 2026, 01:23:28 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:20000 CHF
Reconnecting, please wait...