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Auction 16 10 May 2018
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Crete. Kydonia. Circa 450-330 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 14 mm, 2.95 g), overstruck on a Rhodian drachm (?). Land tortoise with segmented shell; to right, Α (?). Rev. Square incuse with skew pattern; in one segment, crescent. Robinson, Pseudoaeginetica, NC 1928, 8. SNG Copenhagen 402 (same dies, for other examples from these dies see CNG e345, 2015, 256 = Gorny & Mosch 216, 2013, 2451; CNG e152, 2006, 75; and, probably, Künker 136, 2008, 213). A very attractive, toned example, struck in good silver and unusually fine. About extremely fine.
From the Cinquantenaire Collection, Switzerland, acquired from Tradart in 2010.
If the possible overstrike on a Rhodian drachm can be proven (part of the rose seems to be visible on the reverse), it will definitely affect the date of this issue. Presently the standard date is c. 450-330, but if it is really overstruck on Rhodes that would have to be lowered into the first half of the 4th century only. This example may well be the finest piece known.
From the Cinquantenaire Collection, Switzerland, acquired from Tradart in 2010.
If the possible overstrike on a Rhodian drachm can be proven (part of the rose seems to be visible on the reverse), it will definitely affect the date of this issue. Presently the standard date is c. 450-330, but if it is really overstruck on Rhodes that would have to be lowered into the first half of the 4th century only. This example may well be the finest piece known.