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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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PAMPHYLIA. Side. Ca. 460-430 BC. AR stater (22mm, 10.86 gm, 3h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Pomegranate, surrounded by guilloche birder, dots in each link / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, her plaited hair spilling out at sides, and pearl necklace, all within shallow incuse square. Atlan 24 (O22/A22). ANS MN 22 (1924), 5. SNG BN 626. Well struck and lustrous from fresh dies, with a particularly well struck obverse and artful reverse image of Athena.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 211, (4 May 2013), lot 415 (realized 4,200 euro hammer).
Here is a case where the practice of third-party falls a bit short in doing justice to a lovely ancient coin. A fair number of similar Side staters have appeared on the market in recent years, all struck from the same or similar dies. Many of these coins have been given an "MS" grade by NGC and similar strike and surface ratings to the numbers seen for this specimen; however, this utterly fails to reflect the fact that virtually every one of these other coins has been struck with seriously degraded dies, resulting in the obverse pomegranate being rendered as an amorphous blob, and Athena's visage marred by all manner of die rust, breaks and other defects. This example is struck from fresh dies, with the pomegranate appearing as a luscious segmented fruit, the guilloche border fully struck up, and Athena's face free from defect and exhibiting details unseen in the other specimens. The attractive toning also serves the design well. Despite the technical merits of those other examples that have been on the market, the pure eye appeal of the present specimen far and away outweighs that of its peers.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD
PAMPHYLIA. Side. Ca. 460-430 BC. AR stater (22mm, 10.86 gm, 3h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Pomegranate, surrounded by guilloche birder, dots in each link / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, her plaited hair spilling out at sides, and pearl necklace, all within shallow incuse square. Atlan 24 (O22/A22). ANS MN 22 (1924), 5. SNG BN 626. Well struck and lustrous from fresh dies, with a particularly well struck obverse and artful reverse image of Athena.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 211, (4 May 2013), lot 415 (realized 4,200 euro hammer).
Here is a case where the practice of third-party falls a bit short in doing justice to a lovely ancient coin. A fair number of similar Side staters have appeared on the market in recent years, all struck from the same or similar dies. Many of these coins have been given an "MS" grade by NGC and similar strike and surface ratings to the numbers seen for this specimen; however, this utterly fails to reflect the fact that virtually every one of these other coins has been struck with seriously degraded dies, resulting in the obverse pomegranate being rendered as an amorphous blob, and Athena's visage marred by all manner of die rust, breaks and other defects. This example is struck from fresh dies, with the pomegranate appearing as a luscious segmented fruit, the guilloche border fully struck up, and Athena's face free from defect and exhibiting details unseen in the other specimens. The attractive toning also serves the design well. Despite the technical merits of those other examples that have been on the market, the pure eye appeal of the present specimen far and away outweighs that of its peers.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD