212, Lot: 142. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNCERTAIN (Oinoe in Ikaria?). 4th-2nd centuries. PB Weight (33mm, 49.33 g). Bull butting right; O below / Blank. Rochesnard II -. VF, minor scrapes and scratches.
From the D. Alighieri Collection.
A charging bull is a common motif in the Greek world and appears on the coinage of a number of cities. As such, a certain attribution remains elusive pending further evidence.