Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3307 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
PELOPONNESOS, Achaean League, (c.160-150 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, Sparta (Lacedaemon) mint, mint mark caps of the Dioscuri on reverse, obv. Zeus head laureate right, rev, wreath with XA monogram within, monogram above, (cf.S.2987, Clerk 319). Off centred obverse, good very fine/nearly fine and scarce.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 61 (lot 2630) and the Diakofto Hoard (ICGH 262, found in 1965 at a place 20km. east of Aegium in Achaea).
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 3305
PELOPONNESOS, Elis, Olympia, (c.400-380 B.C.), silver stater, (11.764 grams), obv. Zeus Olympios bearded head crowned ...
Estimate $3,000
Lot 3306
PELOPONNESOS, Achaean League, (c.160-150 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, Megara mint, mint mark cithera above, obv. Zeus ...
Estimate $120
Lot 3307 This lot
PELOPONNESOS, Achaean League, (c.160-150 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, Sparta (Lacedaemon) mint, mint mark caps of the ...
Estimate $100
Lot 3308
PELOPONNESOS, Sicyon, (c.400 B.C.), silver triobol or hemidrachm, (2.398 grams), obv. Chimaera walking to left, ...
Estimate $100
Lot 3309
PONTOS, Amisos, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.584 grams), obv. Tyche head to left, wearing turreted ...
Estimate $180