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Nomos 37

Zurich, 16 November 2025, 14:00 CET

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich

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Exceptional late Aegina Stater!

Estimate: 10000 CHF
Hammer Price:  15000 CHF
Lot 112

ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 350-338 BC. Stater (Silver, 24 mm, 12.25 g, 10 h). Tortoise seen from above. Rev. Incuse square divided by skew-pattern into 5 compartments; in the two left compartments, Α - Ι; on the upper right, dolphin swimming to left. BMC -. Cf. Milbank Pl. III, 3 (drachm). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Lockett -. A very rare variety. Toned and very well-struck on a broad flan. Very minor die faults, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a North American collection and from the collection of J. E. Duke, Nomos 21, 21 November 2020, 159, originally acquired from E. J. Waddell on 6 December 1983, ex Numismatic Fine Arts II, 25 March 1976, 148 (there described as unpublished).

Online bidding closes: 16 Nov 2025, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 26 Feb 2026, 23:43:00 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:15000 CHF
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