Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3248 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 1ST APRIL) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,300
CYCLADIC ISLANDS, Paros, (520/515-500 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.83 g), obv. goat with short beard standing to left, with haunches raised, dotted border, rev. rev. incuse square punch with raised sections as crude divisions into four, (cf.S.3060, Sheedy Class Bi, Group 2, No.10 (p.202 Pl.12 This Coin); Sheedy PhD thesis Class B, Group 2, 8 obv. 6, rev. 6 This Coin), in RNS publication described as No.10 (p.202), obverse and reverse dies O9/R7 cf.SNG Del. 2441, cf.SNG Lockett 2620 (Pl.XLVI, cf.HGC 6, 645). Rough on the obverse, very fine and extremely rare, unique for these dies.
Ex Boutin Collection from M&M Auction Sale 76, September 1991 (lot 766), ex Spink Numismatic Circular November 1994 (No,.7072) and then to the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, with Spink tickets and collector holder.
This series of coins has been the subject of a doctorate degree from Sydney University by Dr. Ken Sheedy and ultimately resulted in his RNS publication No.40 in 2006, "The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades".
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