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Lot 27. Methydrion AE17, from the BCD collection
Kallisto myth, of the highest rarity
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, June 16th, 19:13:30 CEST)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 07:37:32 CET
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CHF 850.00 (5 bids)
Approx. EUR 913.06 / USD 951.23 / GBP 759.13
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CHF 850.00
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Bidder 3 *
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2013-06-16, 19:13:23
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CHF 850.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2013-06-16, 19:13:27
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CHF 750.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2013-06-03, 20:25:25
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CHF 700.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2013-06-16, 19:11:08
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CHF 650.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2013-06-11, 23:01:24
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 3
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eAuction #17, Lot 27. Estimate: CHF 750.00
Methydrion, Peloponnesos. AE17 (4.14 g), c. 360s-340s BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev. MEΘYΔPIEΩN, Kallisto, in human form, seated to left but falling backwards her two arms outstretched, pierced by an arrow shot by Artemis; on the ground at her side, the new-born Arkas, lying on his back, waving his arms.
BCD Peloponnesos 1572 (same dies) = Svoronos 1914 pl. XI, 1; CNG MBS 81, 2683.
Of the highest rarity. Rough surfaces, otherwise, good fine.
The coinage of the tiny city of Methydrion is among the rarest of the Peloponnesos, with just two coins for sale in the past decade (LHS 96, 1572 = 2200 CHF and CNG 81, 2683 = 1750 USD), both in similarly poor condition. The reverse portrays a version of the myth of Kallisto in which she is killed by Artemis while in human form, and not after being transformed into a bear. The infant Arkas lies at her side just before Zeus’ messenger Hermes rescues him and brings him to the goddess Maia to be brought up on Mt. Kyllene.
From the BCD collection.
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