473

Phokis. Lot of twenty bronze coins.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:320.00 CHF Estimated At:400.00 - 0.00 CHF
Phokis. Lot of twenty bronze coins.
The sign-up for this auction will close 48 hours before the auction starts. Please make sure you sign up on time. Also, there is NO ABSENTEE BIDDING for this auction. Please plan to bid live during the sale.
Multiple Lots. Lot of twenty bronze coins of Elateia, early 2nd century BC. All with head of bull facing, in the typical triangular style of the period, EL above. Rev. Head of Apollo r. with somewhat angular features, FWKEWN to l. upwards behind his head. 473.1: Æ 3.82 g., 3¢. 473.2: Æ 4.32 g., 11¢. 473.3: Æ 4.58 g., 8¢. 473.4: Æ 4.71 g., 2¢. 473.5: Æ 4.79 g., 4¢. 473.6: Æ 5.20 g., 12¢. 473.7: Æ 5.17 g., 9¢. 473.8: Æ 4.81 g., 3¢. 473.9: Æ 4.72 g., 9¢. 473.10: Æ 4.52 g., 5¢. 473.11: Æ 4.26 g., 4¢. 473.12: Æ 4.69 g., 2¢. 473.13: Æ 4.61 g., 12¢. 473.14: Æ 3.55 g., 10¢. 473.15: Æ 3.93 g., 12¢. 473.16: Æ 4.73 g., 5¢. 473.17: Æ 3.22 g., 6¢. 473.18: Æ 4.16 g., 12¢. 473.19: Æ 4.20 g., 7¢. 473.20: Æ 4.10 g., 12¢. SNG Cop 138. A few obverses marginally off-centre, otherwise an attractive lot with nice patinas and very fine or better. 473.3: The reverse die very close (if not the same) to the “prototype” (?) die of lot 422 above. 473.7: Acquired from Louis di Lauro, March 1976, for $ 25. 473.11: A die duplicate of lot 426.3 above. The obverse shows a different way of engraving the top part of the head. Another hand, the same artist trying another approach or just a die not quite up to standard?