Numismatica Ars Classica
Spring Sale 2020 25 May 2020
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Greek Coins. Naxos
Drachm circa 461-430, AR 18 mm, 4.20 g. Bearded and ivy wreathed head of Dionysus r. Rev. N – A – XI Naked, bearded Silenus, with pointed ears, ruffled hair and long tail, facing squatting, the r. leg folded to the side and l. raised. He turns l. toward cantharus in his raised r. hand, while the l. rests on his l. knee, the tail showing behind his l. leg. Cahn 56. SNG ANS 518-519 (these dies). Jameson 676 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 486 (these dies).
Very rare. A portrait of superb style and a light iridescent tone.
Usual die break on obverse, otherwise good very fine
Ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 22, 2015, 68 and Roma Numismatics XIII, 2017, 85 sales.
Drachm circa 461-430, AR 18 mm, 4.20 g. Bearded and ivy wreathed head of Dionysus r. Rev. N – A – XI Naked, bearded Silenus, with pointed ears, ruffled hair and long tail, facing squatting, the r. leg folded to the side and l. raised. He turns l. toward cantharus in his raised r. hand, while the l. rests on his l. knee, the tail showing behind his l. leg. Cahn 56. SNG ANS 518-519 (these dies). Jameson 676 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 486 (these dies).
Very rare. A portrait of superb style and a light iridescent tone.
Usual die break on obverse, otherwise good very fine
Ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 22, 2015, 68 and Roma Numismatics XIII, 2017, 85 sales.