Lot 3183
Sale 80 · Important Australian, New Zealand & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Euboia, Eretria, (500-465 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.884 grams), obv. cow standing left, scratching head with foot, rev. octopus in incuse square, (cf.S.1824 [£200], BMC -, Traite -, ACNAC Dewing 1545, Asyut hoard 256, Lanz Auction Sale Catalogue 111, [lot 323, realised 4400 euros +]). Good fine/good very fine, struck from worn obverse die and very rare.
Ex BCD Collection (with his ticket) and previously from Sotheby's London, May 12, 1983, (lot 203, Å“110+) being from the collection of J.A. Spranger of Trinity College, Cambridge and Florence.
- Estimate
- $550
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $260