Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1091. Estimate CHF100. Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011. Sold For CHF670. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Lamia. First half of the 4th century BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 16mm, 2.11 g 11). Head of the nymph Lamia to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace.
Rev. ΛΑΜΙΕΩΝ Philoktetes, nude and beardless, kneeling right on one knee, shooting his bow; before him and between his leg, two fallen birds; behind, quiver. Georgiou 2, 14 var. Rogers (Malia) 388. Traité IV 461, pl. CCLXXXVII, 24. Dark green patina and very sharply struck. Minor flan crack,
otherwise, nearly extremely fine.