Nomos AG > obolos 33Auction date: 8 September 2024
Lot number: 208

Price realized: 500 CHF   (Approx. 593 USD / 534 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


AKARNANIA. Leukas. Circa 500-480 BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.40 g). Λ Pegasos with curved wing flying to left. Rev. Swastika with central annulet and a pellet in each angle. BCD Akarnania -. Cf. BMC 142-3 (no annulet or pellets). Cf. Traité II 4, 102 = Jameson 1136a (no pellets). Extremely rare. Attractively toned. Somewhat porous, otherwise, very fine.


Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 1:
Nomos AG > obolos 34Auction date: 10 November 2024
Lot number: 215

Price realized: 1,100 CHF   (Approx. 1,262 USD / 1,167 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 500-450 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 6 mm, 0.19 g). Head of Pegasos to right. Rev. H within incuse square. Cf. BCD Corinth 40 (head to left). Cf. HGC 4, 1901 and Traité II, 3, 480 (same). None in Coin Archives with head facing right, extremely rare; toned. Porous, otherwise, about very fine.


Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 2:
Nomos AG > Auction 34Auction date: 13 October 2024
Lot number: 90

Price realized: 30,000 CHF   (Approx. 34,990 USD / 31,973 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 550-500 BC. Stater (Silver, 24 mm, 8.58 g). Ϙ Pegasos, bridled and with a curved wing, flying to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square in the form of a swastika to left and with a pellet at the center. Coupar 134 (o86/r89, same dies) and Ravel 89 (same dies). Very rare. Beautifully toned and very well-centered. Extremely fine.
Property of a Late Collector, ex Tradart 8 November 1992, 87 and Bank Leu 48, 10 May 1989, 194, and said to be from the Taranto find of 1911 (see the note below).

When this coin first appeared at auction in 1989, with no earlier provenance, it was estimated at CHF 5000 and sold for 15500. Slightly over three years later it reappeared, estimated at 22-28000, and, as per usual, lacking the earlier provenance, it ended up going for CHF 37000 (+ commissions, etc.). However, a few years previously, in 1981 to be exact, a group of coins of this type appeared (see CH VIII, 1994, Hoard 17 and plates II & III); and, in fact, this piece appears as pl. III, 18 ! This seemingly would provide us with an accurate reference; but, unfortunately, as S.-A. Coupar pointed out in her thesis from 2000 (p. 282, note a), that 'hoard' seems to have only contained a few genuine pieces mixed with a mass of modern forgeries! Even more unfortunate is the fact that neither the Tradart sale of 1992 nor Bank Leu 48 seems to have been seen and recorded by Coupar! But, mysteriously, she does have a photograph of this coin, as being from the Taranto Hoard of 1911 (!!!), on pl. B of volume I (fourth row from the top, 1st coin on the right). Even more mysteriously, in 1985 in BOC 10/2, pp. 5-8, when I published a group of forgeries from that 'hoard', I included photographs of two genuine examples as comparanda (p. 8, A & B): p. 8, A is from the same dies as the present piece!! In any event, it is clear that what we have is an indubitably genuine, and very attractive, archaic stater of Corinth!

Estimate: 25000 CHF

Match 3:
Nomos AG > obolos 35Auction date: 15 December 2024
Lot number: 1318

Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,800 USD / 1,719 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 400-375 BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.63 g, 3 h). Ϙ Pegasos, with curved wing, flying to left. Rev. Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue; in field to right, I. BCD Corinth 203 (this coin). BMC 111 corr. (no trident on obverse). HGC 4, 1893 (this coin illustrated). Rare. Attractively toned. Areas of minor roughness, otherwise, very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and that of BCD, Lanz 105, 26 November 2001, 203.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 4:
Nomos AG > obolos 33Auction date: 8 September 2024
Lot number: 209

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


AKARNANIA. Leukas. Circa 400-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 21.5 mm, 8.39 g, 6 h). Λ Pegasos with curved wing flying right. Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; to left and right, pellet; all within shallow incuse square. Cf. BCD Akarnania 185 (Λ on reverse). Cf. Calciati 28 (Λ on reverse). Lightly toned. Delamination, otherwise, nearly very fine.


Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 5:
Nomos AG > obolos 35Auction date: 15 December 2024
Lot number: 1314

Price realized: 700 CHF   (Approx. 788 USD / 752 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 350-300 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 12 mm, 1.28 g, 8 h). Forepart of Pegasos, with curved wing, flying to left. Rev. Head of Aphrodite to left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and necklace; below chin, flower; behind head, I . BCD Corinth 181 (this coin). HGC 4, 1877 (this coin illustrated). Extremely rare. Beautifully toned with iridescent highlights. Slightly porous, otherwise, very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and that of BCD, Lanz 105, 26 November 2001, 181.

Starting price: 200 CHF