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Nomos 6

8 May 2012
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1400 CHF
Hammer Price:  1900 CHF
Lot 73

ARGOLIS. Kleonai. Circa 500-490 BC. Twelfth Stater (Silver, 0.98 g). Forepart of lion crouching to right. Rev. Millsail pattern incuse. BCD Peloponnesos -. Apparently unpublished and unique, a fascinating coin. Good very fine.


The crouching form of the lion here is immediately reminiscent of the earliest Argive triobols, as BCD 1004 ff., but the style is earlier and it probably precedes them in time. As at Phlious, Kelonai used a weight standard that was basically Asiatic in origin: it must relate to ancient trade patterns.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2012, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 16:28:58 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1900 CHF

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