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Auction 88  8 October 2015
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Lot 359

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 14 000 CHF
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Auction 88 Part I
Greek Coins
Rhegium

Tetradrachm circa 415/410-387, AR 17.08 g. Lion's head facing. Rev. PHΓINON Laureate head of Apollo l.; behind, two olive leaves. cf. Herzfelder 103 (this obverse die / reverse die unlisted). AMB 224 (this coin). Historia Numorum Italy 2496.
Rare. A superb portrait of Apollo of fine style struck in high relief and with
a lovely light iridescent tone. The obverse from a slightly rusty die,
otherwise about extremely fine / extremely fine

Ex NAC sale 13, 1998, 224. From the A.D.M collection.



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