Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3299 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $700
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
BITHYNIA, Kalchedon, (c.340-320 B.C.), silver siglos (Persian standard), (5.314 grams), obv. bull standing to left, on corn-ear, above **KALC* rev. quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern, (S.3738, SNG BMC Black Sea 112ff. [siglos], SNG von Aulock 482). Extremely fine, well centred and very rare in this condition.
Cf. A similar piece for the twin city (Byzantium) on the other side of the Bosphorus in this sale (lot). A similar lot in Sale 72 realised $920 + 16.5%.
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