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Phokis. Lot of four late Hellenistic bronze coins.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:160.00 CHF Estimated At:200.00 - 0.00 CHF
Phokis. Lot of four late Hellenistic bronze coins.
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Multiple Lots. Lot of four late Hellenistic bronze coins of Elateia, 2nd and 1st century BC. 475.1: Æ 4.04 g., 12¢. 475.2: Æ 8.31 g., 12¢. 475.3: Æ 9.10 g., 11¢. 475.4: Æ 5.37 g., 5¢. Extremely rare or very rare. Mostly patinated and fine to very fine. 475.1: As lot 428 above. Acquired from Baldwin’s, June 1968, for £ 1. There was an old ticket with this coin that bore the initials J. G. M. and the writing “? new Phocis with obv. sim. to Boeotian pieces”. It was indeed new at the time and still is, as far as published coins go. Those old collectors knew their stuff... 475.2: As lot 433.3 above. SNG Soutzos 555. 475.3: As lot 432 above. Ex CNG e-sale 192, July 2008, 61 ($ 130). BMC 1, pl. IV, 26. 475.4: As lot 436 above. SNG Cop 166. Mionnet 2, p. 98, 32. This lot, the last of the auction, is composed of four rarities from Elateia. The association with Titus Quinctius Flamininus who lived there for three years should make them desirable to the collector who values historical coins. Three and a half years ago, one of the 10 known gold staters bearing the portrait of this Roman whose name will always be associated with the enslavement of Greece, sold in this room for the stunning hammer price of CHF 360’000. This is an opportunity to acquire another “piece of History” for a minute fraction of that price!