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Lot 3654    Session 13 (9:30am Thursday 28th July)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,300

BITHYNIA, kingdom of, Nikomedes III Euergetes, (127-94 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (16.47 g), dated 177 BE (124/3 B.C.). obv. diademed head to right of Nikomedes, rev. Zeus Stephanephoros standing left, to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ZOP (date). (S.7274, cf.Callatay p. 54 [D30/R1], RG p. 230 var. [monogram], SNG Cop.647 var. [date]). Even dark find patina, nearly extremely fine and very rare, the second known with this date-monogram combination (the other is in the Ashmolean).

Ex CNG Triton XI, January 8-9, 2008 (lot 202).

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  • Lot 3653  

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  • Lot 3654   This lot

    BITHYNIA, kingdom of, Nikomedes III Euergetes, (127-94 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (16.47 g), dated 177 BE ...

    Estimate $1,500

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  • Lot 3656  

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