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Lot 28. Mantineia Hemidrachm, ex BCD

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Mantineia Hemidrachm, ex BCD

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Bidding closed (Sunday, April 24th, 19:14:00 CEST)
Current time: Tuesday, November 26th, 18:15:09 CET

Price realised: CHF 900.00 (8 bids)
Approx. EUR 967.38 / USD 1'015.05 / GBP 808.60

High bidder: Bidder 4

eAuction #47, Lot 28. Estimate: CHF 750.00

Mantineia, Arcadia. AR Hemidrachm (15 mm, 2.96 g), c. 465-460 BC.
Obv. Zeus Lykaios, seated left on low throne with footrest and with swan's head at the top of the backrest, holding long scepter in his right hand and thunderbolt in his left.
Rev. Head of Kallisto to left, her hair in a sakkos and wearing a pearl necklace; all within incuse square.
BCD 1454 (this coin). BMC 27 (same dies). Williams II, 2, 112.

Very rare. Iridescent toning and superb archaic style. Obverse die a bit worn, otherwise, good very fine.

From the BCD collection and ex LHS 96 (2006), 1454 and ex Münzen & Medaillen AG (Basel) 85 (1997), 98.



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