Davissons, Ltd. - Auction 43, Lot 166
Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Pyrrhus. Circa 297-292 B.C. Silver tetradrachm copy. 30 mm. Head left of Dodonean Zeus wearing oak wreath / Dione, seated left on a throne, holding a scepter and raising her veil. Head plate 37, 17.
All Greek electrotypes offered in this sale are in two separate halves, as made.
Robert Ready British Museum Electrotypes
In the late 1850's the British Museum hired the seal-maker, Robert Ready, to produce copies of some of the finest c...