Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2017 NYINC Auction 12-14 January 2017
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PELOPONNESUS. Sicyonia. Sicyon. AR Stater (12.24 gms), ca. 400-300 B.C. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5.
BMC-10.40,56. Chimaera facing left, fore-paw raised, wreath above; Reverse: Dove flying left, "I" before, all within wreath. Great luster, struck on a high quality planchet. The Chimaera is a famous mythical beast commonly depicted as a lion with the forepart of a goat emerging from its back with its lions tail ending in a snake's head. This monstrous creature could breath fire and was finally subdued by the hero Bellerophon who flew upon the winged Pegasus. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5.
Estimate: $3000.00- $4000.00
BMC-10.40,56. Chimaera facing left, fore-paw raised, wreath above; Reverse: Dove flying left, "I" before, all within wreath. Great luster, struck on a high quality planchet. The Chimaera is a famous mythical beast commonly depicted as a lion with the forepart of a goat emerging from its back with its lions tail ending in a snake's head. This monstrous creature could breath fire and was finally subdued by the hero Bellerophon who flew upon the winged Pegasus. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5.
Estimate: $3000.00- $4000.00