Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1179. Estimate CHF200. Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011. Sold For CHF1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Magnetes. After c 167 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 21mm, 9.36 g 9). Laureate head of Zeus to left.
Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩ-Ν The centaur Chiron moving right, holding branch over his left shoulder; below, monogram of ΔΗ and (here off the flan) wheat ear in exergue. Furtwängler, Series III. Rogers 346. SNG Munich 98. Bold and attractive with a dark, glossy patina. Nearly extremely fine.