Nomos AG > obolos 35Auction date: 15 December 2024
Lot number: 1131

Price realized: 260 CHF   (Approx. 293 USD / 279 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


MOESIA. Istros. late 5th-4th centuries BC. Quarter Drachm (Silver, 12 mm, 1.19 g, 1 h). Two facing male heads side by side, one upright and the other inverted - a tête-bêche pair. Rev. ΙΣΤΡΙΗ Sea eagle standing left on dolphin; below, monogram of ΔΙ. HGC 3.2, 1805. Cf. SNG BM Black Sea 253-5 (drachms). Iridescent toning. Very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the G. Hiller Collection, Elsen 94, 15 December 2007, 107, ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 505, November-December 1987, 55.

Starting price: 100 CHF