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Lot 16. Siphnos AE13, late 4th Century, ex Copenhagen and BCD

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Siphnos AE13, late 4th Century, ex Copenhagen and BCD

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Bidding closed (Sunday, October 21st, 19:08:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 14:42:44 CET

Price realised: CHF 260.00 (11 bids)
Approx. EUR 279.29 / USD 290.96 / GBP 232.21

High bidder: Bidder 5

eAuction #9, Lot 16. Estimate: CHF 100.00

Siphnos, Cyclades. AE13 (1.61 g), c. late 4th Century BC.
Obv. Diademed female head right.
Rev. ΣI-Φ, eagle flying right.
Cf. SNG Cop. 747 (Tetrobol); SNG Cop. 749 (eagle standing left on pediment).

Extremely rare. Short flan, otherwise, very fine.

From the BCD and Copenhagen collections, comes with the original Copenhagen collection tickets.

Siphnos is a small island west of Paros. It flourished in archaic and early classical times due to its gold- and silver mines, when its inhabitants even dedicated a treasury at Delphi. After the mines were exhausted in the late classical period, however, the island impoverished quickly.



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