Nomos AG > Auction 33Auction date: 9 June 2024
Lot number: 1163

Price realized: 17,000 CHF   (Approx. 18,961 USD / 17,535 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins

BOEOTIA. Haliartos. Circa 400-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 12.33 g, 4 h). Boeotian shield emblazoned with a trident. Rev. ARI-[AR]-T-IO-N Poseidon advancing to right, brandishing trident with his right hand and extending his left before him. BCD Boiotia 163 (this coin). BMC 16. HGC 4, 1196. Pozzi 1378 (same dies). Traité III, 296. Extremely rare, one of possibly three known examples of this die combination. Beautifully toned and well-centered. The reverse is slightly double struck and has the usual die break over Poseidon's head, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the Collections of Jonathan H. Kagan and BCD, Triton IX, 9 January 2006, 163 ex Bank Leu 15, 4 May 1976, 214 and Hess-Leu 36, 17 April 1968, 193.

Starting price: 5500 CHF