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.

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.