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Auction 12  22 May 2016
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Lot 84

Estimate: 1500 CHF
Price realized: 1400 CHF
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Rhaukos. Circa 330-270 BC. Stater (Silver, 26mm, 11.36 g 12). Poseidon, nude but for his wreath, standing right, holding a trident in his right hand and the reins of his horse, standing right behind him with his right fore hoof raised. Rev. ΡΑ-ΥΚ-[ΙΟΝ] (retrograde) Trident with points downward. Gorny & Mosch 232, 2015, 247 (same dies). Le Rider pl. VI, 7-8. Svoronos Suppl. 58 = pl. 13, 8 (same dies). An excellent, clear piece with an obverse of unusually fine Classical style. Reverse lightly struck, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Brünn Collection, acquired in Italy prior to World War I.

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