Nomos AG
Auction 20 10 Jul 2020
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Karpathos. Poseidon. Circa 500-490/480 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 13.74 g). Two large dolphins leaping in opposing directions: the upper one to right and the lower to left; below the lower dolphin, small dolphin leaping to right; all within square, dotted border with a floral ornament in each internal angle. Rev. Two parallel incuse rectangles with irregular fields. Asyut 690 (this coin). Boston 2010. HGC 6, 1350. Stephanaki, Carpathos, 34 (D9/R5 this coin). Rare. Test cut on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 March 2006, 247, and from the collection of Dr. Hagen Tronnier, Künker 94, 27-28 September 2004, 1180, ex Nomos Kriens, FPL 2 [1973], 51 and from the Asyut hoard of 1969, IGCH 1644.
Karpathos. Poseidon. Circa 500-490/480 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 13.74 g). Two large dolphins leaping in opposing directions: the upper one to right and the lower to left; below the lower dolphin, small dolphin leaping to right; all within square, dotted border with a floral ornament in each internal angle. Rev. Two parallel incuse rectangles with irregular fields. Asyut 690 (this coin). Boston 2010. HGC 6, 1350. Stephanaki, Carpathos, 34 (D9/R5 this coin). Rare. Test cut on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 March 2006, 247, and from the collection of Dr. Hagen Tronnier, Künker 94, 27-28 September 2004, 1180, ex Nomos Kriens, FPL 2 [1973], 51 and from the Asyut hoard of 1969, IGCH 1644.