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Auction 126  17 Nov 2021
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Lot 7

Estimate: 6000 CHF
Price realized: 16 000 CHF
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Nomos circa 420-376, AR 6.61 g. Eagle standing r. on thunderbolt, head reverted; above, Φ – I, in r. field, herm holding phiale and caduceus. Rev. KPO Tripod; in l. field, Nike flying and placing wreath on tripod. Attianese, Calabria 128. Jameson 431. Gillet 302 (this coin). SNG ANS 409. Historia Numorum Italy 2181.
Very rare and in exceptional condition for this difficult issue. Lovely old cabinet
tone, slightly off-centre on reverse, otherwise extremely fine

Ex Sotheby's Wilkinson & Hodge 20 January 1898, Archaeologist and Traveller, 28; Sotheby's Wilkinson & Hodge 3 February 1909, Benson, 121 and Nomos 3, 2011, 9 sales. From the Arthur Evans; Charles Gillet and Anthemion collections.

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