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374, Lot: 19. Estimate $200.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Aitna. 354/3-344 BC. Æ Tetras (21mm, 8.32 g, 2h). Wreathed head of Kore right / Horse prancing right. Castrizio Series I, 2; Campana 6; CNS 6 OS corr. (no obv. legend); HGC 2, 74 corr. (legends are not always present). VF, dark green and black patina. Overstruck on an uncertain type.


From the David Wray Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 130, 4 January 2006), lot 99.

This issue was probably produced by Campanian mercenaries before their expulsion from Aitna by Timoleon.