Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Drachm. Circa 350-338 BC. Ni-, magistrate. Sea turtle with segmented shell; A-I across fields / Incuse square of thin skew pattern; N-I across upper incuses, dolphin in lower left. Milbank pl. III, 6; BMC 197-198; Nomos 18, lot 122 (sold for 2,000 CHF); HGC 6, 445. 5.60g, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine; attractively toned. Rare.
Ex Pierre and Angelique Amandry Collection.
Pierre Amandry was a French Hellenist, especially interested in ancient Greece and its relationships with south-west Asia. He was born at Troyes on December 31, 1912, and died in Paris on February 21, 2006. A large part of his work was on the site of Delphi, excavated by the French School at Athens, of which he was secretary general from 1941 to 1948 and director from 1969 to 1981.
Very Fine; attractively toned. Rare.
Ex Pierre and Angelique Amandry Collection.
Pierre Amandry was a French Hellenist, especially interested in ancient Greece and its relationships with south-west Asia. He was born at Troyes on December 31, 1912, and died in Paris on February 21, 2006. A large part of his work was on the site of Delphi, excavated by the French School at Athens, of which he was secretary general from 1941 to 1948 and director from 1969 to 1981.