Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4950 SESSION 16 - 9.30AM FRIDAY 16 APRIL Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $150
PELOPONNESOS, Arkadia, Pheneos, (360-350 B.C.), silver hemidrachm (2.180 grams), obv. head of Demeter to left, wearing grain wreath, triple pendant earring and pearl necklace. rev. Bull walking to right, with kerykeion on his shoulder. traces of ethnic above, (S.2726 [œ375], BMC 16. SNG Lockett 2527 = Trait‚ III 902, pl. CCXXV, 10. Weber 4324). Rough flan edge, fine and very rare.
Ex BCD Collection, acquired in October 1984. The hemidrachm coinage of Pheneos was produced in greater numbers than the staters but seems to have been struck using a single obverse die paired with four (or more?) reverses. Apart from the reverse of this coin, all the others have the letter pi below the bull,
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