Rare Barke Tetradrachm
CNG 112, Lot: 380. Estimate $15000.
Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KYRENAICA, Barke. Circa 475-435 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.26 g, 10h). Silphion plant / Head of Zeus Ammon right; BAR to right; all in thick circular border within shallow incuse circle. SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 7 = Weber 8175 (same dies); Hunterian 1 (same obv. die); Traité III 1949, pl. CCLXIX, 8 (same dies); Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 38, lot 118 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Very rare, only one example in CoinArchives.
Ex Mordecai Medvin Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts, 1993.
