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obolos 8 2 Dec 2017
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ATTICA. Athens. Circa 112/111 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 16.85 g, 12 h), New Style, Eumareides, Kleomenes and Demo... Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet adorned with Pegasos. Rev. ΑΘΕ / ΕΥΜ/ΑΡΕΙ/ΔΗΣ ΚΛΕΟ/ΜΕN ΔΗΜ/Ο Owl standing facing on amphora; to right Triptolemos driving biga of serpents left; on amphora, Δ (= 4th month); below amphora, ΜΕ (= contractor's initials); all within olive wreath. Thompson 678 b (this coin). An interesting coin with a good pedigree. Good fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, ex Hamburger 98, 3 April 1933, 693 and from the Halmyros Hoard IGCH 289, found in a pot near Larissa Kremaste in Thessaly around 1929.
There are traces of red sealing wax on the reverse this coin: up to the early part of the 20th century sealing wax was commonly used to make semi-permanent molds in order to make casts for scholarly use.jIf carefully examined, many coins from really old collections will be found to have such wax spots.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, ex Hamburger 98, 3 April 1933, 693 and from the Halmyros Hoard IGCH 289, found in a pot near Larissa Kremaste in Thessaly around 1929.
There are traces of red sealing wax on the reverse this coin: up to the early part of the 20th century sealing wax was commonly used to make semi-permanent molds in order to make casts for scholarly use.jIf carefully examined, many coins from really old collections will be found to have such wax spots.