Sale: Nomos 6, Lot: 101. Estimate CHF2500. Closing Date: Monday, 7 May 2012. Sold For CHF6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 430-400 BC. Stater (Silver, 10.71 g 3). Pomegranate with its flower below.
Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and simple necklace; to right, olive branch; all within shallow incuse square. Atlan 37 = Jameson 1593 = Warren 1240 (
all this coin). Rare. Attractively toned and of very fine style. Nearly extremely fine.
From the Outstanding Collection, Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 314, ex Münzen und Medaillen 41, 18 June 1970, 264, and from the collections of W. Niggeler, I, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen 3 December 1965, 429, R. Jameson, F. S. Benson, SWH 3 February 1909, 732 and E. P. Warren, SWH 2 May 1905 (’Well-Known Amateur’), 172.