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Nomos 37

Zurich, 16 November 2025, 14:00 CET

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich

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Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  2000 CHF
Lot 97

AKARNANIA. Leukas. Circa 470-450 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 12 mm, 1.41 g, 4 h). Λ Forepart of Pegasos flying to right with a curved wing. Rev. Head of Aphrodite to right, with her hair bound into a queue turned up at the back, a diadem raised up over her forehead, and a pearl necklace; all within an incuse square. BCD Akarnania 179 = HGC 4, 838 (same dies). Rare. Sharply struck and of excellent style; possibly the best example known. Extremely fine.

From the Apollo to Apollo Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 October 2015, 1403.

This coin shows us a perfect example of the somewhat conservative (archaising?) Classical style found in provincial Greece: they were influenced by the sophisticated trends of Athens and the great Greek cities of the West and in Asia Minor, but they were still somewhat backward artistically!

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