Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 126 17 Nov 2021
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Cyprus, Sidqemelek, circa 435
Siglos circa 435 BC, AR 10.86 g. of Sidqemelek in Phoenician characters Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet. Rev. of Sidqemelek in Phoenician characters Facing head of Athena, wearing helmet decorated with bull's horns and ears; above, solar disc. Traité II 1361, pl. CXXXVI, 12 var. (without solar disc). BMC 7 and pl. VI, 6 (without solar disc). Tziambazis 48 var. (without solar disc). cf. NAC sale 106, 2018, 294 (these dies).
An exceedingly rare variety of a very rare type. Old cabinet tone and very fine
Ex Auctiones AG 6, 1976, 270; Spink 65, 1988, 77 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 604 sales.
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Siglos circa 435 BC, AR 10.86 g. of Sidqemelek in Phoenician characters Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet. Rev. of Sidqemelek in Phoenician characters Facing head of Athena, wearing helmet decorated with bull's horns and ears; above, solar disc. Traité II 1361, pl. CXXXVI, 12 var. (without solar disc). BMC 7 and pl. VI, 6 (without solar disc). Tziambazis 48 var. (without solar disc). cf. NAC sale 106, 2018, 294 (these dies).
An exceedingly rare variety of a very rare type. Old cabinet tone and very fine
Ex Auctiones AG 6, 1976, 270; Spink 65, 1988, 77 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 604 sales.
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