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Nomos 28

22 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  11000 CHF
Lot 1151

MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 358-355 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.40 g, 12 h), Olynthos, under the magistrate Olympichos. Laureate head of Apollo to right, a few locks of his hair falling down the back of his neck. Rev. ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΩΝ / ΕΠΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΧΟΥ Lyre with seven strings; below magistrate’s name. BMFA 581. Kraay/Hirmer 413. Robinson & Clement 115-117 var. (A74/P-, unrecorded reverse die). SNG ANS 508. With one of the most artistic obverse die ever produced by the Olynthian mint. Extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed prior to 2005.

The head of Apollo on this piece is very close in feeling to those found on the earliest gold staters of Philip II; the same engraver very probably worked on both coinages.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2023, 21:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Jun 2026, 13:27:31 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:11000 CHF
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