Nomos

Auction 30  –  6 November 2023

Nomos, Auction 30

Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins

Mo, 06.11.2023, from 2:00 PM CET
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Description

ISLANDS OFF SICILY, Lipara. Circa 350-300 BC. AE (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.76 g, 10 h). Hephaistos seated to right on a low stool, holding hammer in his right hand and [kantharos] in his left. Rev. ΛΙΠΑΡΑΙ/ΩΝ Dolphin leaping to left over waves. Calciati 12. HGC 2, 1780. SNG Copenhagen 1095. SNG Morcom 869. Attractive mottled green and brown patina. Some roughness and with an obverse struck from a rather worn die, otherwise, very fine.

From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 17 may 2012, 2158 and from the collection of A. Hardy, Classical Numismatic Group e116, 15 June 2005, 93.

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Price realized 480 CHF
Starting price 340 CHF
Estimate 425 CHF
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