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Auction 86  24 May 2017
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Lot 15

Starting price: 3200 GBP
Price realized: 6500 GBP
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Island off Epirus, Corcyra, silver stater, c. 400 BC, cow standing left, suckling calf, rev., square frame containing double stellate pattern, 10.85g, extremely fine and dark toned, very rare. References: BMC 34ff var. Provenance: G. Bauer Collection, NFA-Gans sale 16, 19 April 1960, lot 289; Auctiones 13, Basel, 23 June 1983, lot 191; R. Maly Collection; LHS Numismatik 100, Zurich, 23 April 2007, lot 232; P. Guber Collection; Manhattan sale II, New York, 4 January 2011, lot 57. Note: This is a very rare transitional variety, seemingly otherwise unpublished, where the reverse type (identified as double doors in the Manhattan II sale) lacks the outer linear circle found on the earlier 5th century issues but also lacks the ethnic (ΚΟΡ) which starts to feature on the early 4th century staters of Corcyra, modern day Corfu. (4000 - 6000 GBP)
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