Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3290 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $800
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $600
PAEONIA, Kingdom of, Lykkeios, (c.356-335 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (12.258 grams), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, dotted border, rev. Hercules to left strangling the Nemean lion to right, around **LUK K EIOU, behind bow and quiver, (S.1518, SNG ANS 1019, Gaebler 8, Paeonian Hoard 63 same obverse die). Obverse slightly off centre, otherwise attractive good fine/good very fine and a rare type.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 61 (Lot 2610). The obverse die shows signs of reworking, it must have been the only obverse die used for this issue. A curious feature is the raised square that appears on the laurel wreath of Zeus although rather worn on this coin. It looks less like a deliberate part of the design than the tip of a punch that (accidently) marred the die. The reverse die was not found in the Paeonian hoard.
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