Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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CRETE. Knossos. AR Tetradrachm (16.05 gms), ca. 2nd-1st Centuries B.C. NGC Ch VF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5. Scratches.
Svor-177; SNG Cop-381. Obverse: Head of Zeus right, wearing tainia; N-I/K-A around; Reverse: Labyrinth. Despite some scattered roughness and scratches in a few areas of the fields, this INCREDIBLY RARE piece presents highly interesting iconography on an incredibly broad flan. Few others of this type are even extant, with this example assuredly being one of the most pleasing. A tremendous opportunity for a type that by no means presents itself that often, and one which should generate tremendous enthusiasm.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Svor-177; SNG Cop-381. Obverse: Head of Zeus right, wearing tainia; N-I/K-A around; Reverse: Labyrinth. Despite some scattered roughness and scratches in a few areas of the fields, this INCREDIBLY RARE piece presents highly interesting iconography on an incredibly broad flan. Few others of this type are even extant, with this example assuredly being one of the most pleasing. A tremendous opportunity for a type that by no means presents itself that often, and one which should generate tremendous enthusiasm.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Ex: J. Pierpont Morgan Collection # 181 (not in Stack's sale) Ex: Carlo Strozzi Collection (Sangiorgi - 4/1907) Lot # 1553.
Estimate: $7500 - $15000