Nomos AG
Auction 26 21 May 2023
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MACEDON. Amphipolis. Circa 370-357 BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.49 g, 9 h). Male head to right (Apollo?), wearing taenia. Rev. A-M / Φ-I Perch (?) swimming downwards to right; all in a linear square within a shallow incuse square. Lorber 76e (this coin). SNG ANS 83 (same dies). Traité II, 4 1109 and pl. CCCXXI, 9 (same dies). Rare. A coin of elegance and charm, nicely toned. Some minor marks. About extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Auctiones 6, 30 September 1976, 91, Münzen und Medaillen FPL 319, January 1971, 13 and from the collection of P. M. Proschowsky, Rasmussen 245, 10 March 1970, 530.
The first known modern owner of this coin was Paul Proschowsky (1893-1968), a great Danish collector of ancient coins, who was an engineer who, among other things, was involved with crystal glazes (he was a technical director at Royal Copenhagen, 1918-1925).
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Auctiones 6, 30 September 1976, 91, Münzen und Medaillen FPL 319, January 1971, 13 and from the collection of P. M. Proschowsky, Rasmussen 245, 10 March 1970, 530.
The first known modern owner of this coin was Paul Proschowsky (1893-1968), a great Danish collector of ancient coins, who was an engineer who, among other things, was involved with crystal glazes (he was a technical director at Royal Copenhagen, 1918-1925).