Lot 1714
Sale 54 · Important Australian & World Coins, Historical Medals, War Medals, Australian, New Zealand & World Banknotes
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Description
Asia Minor, uncertain area, (c.600-500 B.C.), silver tetrobol, (2.76 grams), obv. bull's head to left, rev. incuse square divided by intersecting lines and pellets, (S.-, SNG Cop. 357-8 [Cyprus], ACNAC Rosen 376 [This Coin], Numismatic Chronicle 1898, Pl.IX, 3-4). Good very fine and very rare.
Ex. Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. A few examples of this extraordinary type of archaic coinage are known. They have appeared in the Demanhur (ZfN 197, ICGH 1637) and Sakka (NC 1899 & ZfN 1900, ICGH 1640) hoards of Egypt. The issue is definately struck before 500 B.C.
- Estimate
- $600
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $680