Nomos AG
Auction 27 22 May 2023
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KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 390-380 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 13.16 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrate Nikios. [Κ-Υ] /Ρ-Α/Ν-Α/Ι-ΟΝ (retrograde) Silphium plant with three pairs of leaves and seven umbels. Rev. [ΝΙΚ]ΙΟΣ Bearded head of Zeus Ammon to right, a ram's horn around his ear. BMC 79c and pl. X, 1 (Berlin, same dies). Rare. Nicely toned, with an expressive head of Zeus Ammon, and with an illustrious pedigree. Slightly ragged flan, otherwise, good very fine.
Ex H.J. Berk, BorB 139, August 2004, 225, Leu Numismatics 91, 10 May 2004, 221 and from the stock of Jakob Hirsch, Ars Classica XV, 2 July 1930, 1187, from the collections of W. Vogel, 11, Hess 194, 25 March 1929, 480, and from duplicates of the Münzkabinett in Berlin, Hess [109], 7 October 1907, 1639 (with the note that prior to the acquisition of the Imhoof-Blumer piece, after which this coin was sold as a duplicate, this piece was on display in Berlin).
Ex H.J. Berk, BorB 139, August 2004, 225, Leu Numismatics 91, 10 May 2004, 221 and from the stock of Jakob Hirsch, Ars Classica XV, 2 July 1930, 1187, from the collections of W. Vogel, 11, Hess 194, 25 March 1929, 480, and from duplicates of the Münzkabinett in Berlin, Hess [109], 7 October 1907, 1639 (with the note that prior to the acquisition of the Imhoof-Blumer piece, after which this coin was sold as a duplicate, this piece was on display in Berlin).