Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Sale 128    23–25 Nov 2021   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 2595    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH NOV)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $8,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $5,500

CYPRUS, Cyprus, Salamis, Evagoras I, (c.411-374 B.C.), silver stater, 23mm, (10.74 g), obv. Herakles, naked, seated on a rock draped with a lion's skin to right, holding a club and a horn, rev. Goat recumbent to right on a dotted ground line, Cypriot PA on right, SI LE O above, SE in the exergue (S.-, Masson & Amandry, Notes de Numismatique Chypriote, VI-VIII, RN 1988, 1a-c, BMC -, SNG Cop. -, Tziambazis -, Roma E-Sale 4, 330 = G&M 207, 398). Toned, good very fine and very rare.

Ex Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins, Baldwins Auction, in the New York Sale XXVII (lot 606), lot includes the large lot sale ticket.
Few examples of this type come on the market, the commoner type has the obverse of the bearded head of Herakles wearing lion skin with a similar reverse. A recent sale of Leu Numismatik, 14 August 2021 Web Auction 17 (lot 1299) realised 9000 SFr. = US $9764.

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