Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Sale 98    22–25 Nov 2011   Hotel InterContinental   Sydney

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Lot 5112    Session 16 (9.30am Friday)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $170

ISLANDS OFF TROAS, Tenedos, (c.500-470 B.C.), silver hemidrachm (1.70 gm), obv. archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right, rev. double axe within incuse square, to left and right TEN[E]**D*I, (cf.S.4154, SNG Cop. 506-507 var. [spacing of ethnic]; Trait‚ 426-428 var. (same); SNG von Aulock -, same dies as CNG electronic sale 104 [lot 66]); Cappadocia, Caesarea, Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, silver drachm, (A.D. 193-217), issued 197, (2.86 grams), obv. draped bust of Julia Domna to right, around **IOULIA DOMN* CE, rev. Mt.Argaeus, star at top, around, **MHT[ROPO] KAI*C APIA. ET E in exergue, (cf.S.2445, Syd. 440, Mion. Sup. Vol VII, 142-3 [p.682]). Both about fine, both rare. (2)

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