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Lot 25. Delphi AR Obol

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Two important Delphi fractions
Delphi AR Obol

Time left: 		Bidding closed (Sunday, December 18th, 19:12:30 CET)
Current time: Tuesday, November 26th, 07:46:41 CET
Price realised: CHF 400.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 429.43 / USD 448.78 / GBP 356.98
High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #54, Lot 25. Estimate: CHF 500.00

Phokian League, Federal coinage. Delphi. AR Obol (8 mm, 0.76 g), early 5th Century BC.
Obv. Male Ethiopian head to right.
Rev. Ram's head right; below, dolphin to right.
BCD 375.1 (this coin). BMC 6. Svoronos p. 20, 8, pl. XXV, 13.

Of the highest rarity and of tremendous importance. Nicely toned. Fine / about very fine.

From the BCD Collection, NAC 55 (2010), 375.1 and ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Liste 421 (April 1980), 184.

BCD noted that this and the following lot are the only such fractions that he ever saw for sale in his fifty years of collecting. Neither Lockett nor Jameson, Pozzi or Weber had any examples in their collections.



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