LHS Numismatik AG > Auction 96 | Auction date: 8 May 2006 |
Lot number: 1501 | |
Lot description: Mantinea The coinage in honor of Antinoos donated by Vetour Estimate: CHF 4'500.00 2 Assaria (AE, 11.20 g, 27 mm, 11), 134. Similar to the last, but with slight drapery around the bottom of the bust of Antinoos and with the reverse legend differently arranged. Blum 8 (this coin, but also listed under Blum 7). Jameson 443 (this coin). Very rare. Very attractive brown patina with green highlights. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Bank Leu 33, 3 May 1983, 61, and from the collections of R. Jameson, Hess-Leu, 14 April 1954, 282 and T. Prowe, Egger XL, 2 May 1912, 1152, and from the Lestranges collection, Egger 26 November 1909, 376. |