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Nomos 29

the Collection Sans Pareille, part II

5 November 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 650 CHF
Hammer Price:  1500 CHF
Lot 650

SICILY. Selinos. Circa 415-409 BC. Litra (Silver, 13 mm, 0.74 g, 4 h). Nymph seated to left on a rock; raising her veil over her head with her upraised left hand and, with her right, grasping the neck of a serpent coiled to right before; in the field above, selinon leaf. Rev. ΣΕΛΙΝΟΕΣ Man-headed bull walking to right; in emerge, grey mullet swimming to right. Bérend, Réflexions, p. 19 and pl. 2, 26. Buceti 40a. HGC 2, 1229. SNG ANS 711. SNG Lloyd 1271. SNG Lockett 866. Weber 1538. Struck from the same dies as Obolos 17, 2020, 84. A scarce variant with the large Ο on the reverse. Clear and well-struck. Some minor marks and scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, acquired from Bank Leu in the early 1980s (inventory IA 10275).

Online bidding closes: 5 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 8 Jun 2026, 06:56:31 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1500 CHF
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