Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 287 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1000 / Price 
                  Realized: US$600 
                  Anonymous. Gallic Knife. Denarius 



             



            Anonymous. Gallic Knife. Denarius (4.23 gm). Uncertain Mint, 211-208 
            BC. Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind / The Dioscuri galloping 
            right, curved Gallic knife below horses, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 
            109/1. Sydenham 165. Extremely fine. 

            Cf. NAC 23, 1324, same obverse die. The NAC cataloguer described 
            their coin as a unique example of a new issue, and the lot realized 
            CH 6,000 plus commission. The present coin and the NAC specimen 
            indeed differ in some stylistic particulars from “normal” examples 
            of Crawford 109/1, but the anomalies can reasonably be ascribed to 
            the vagaries of die engraving, and transitional examples exist (cf. 
            Kestner1253-56). Nonetheless, this is an ususual and attractive 
            variety of a rare coin. 




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  ... Lot 287 sold for high bid of $600 [ $690, or approx 533.37 EUR, 351.9 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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