Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 51. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 415/410-387 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.12 gm, 4h). Facing lion's head / RHGINON, laureate head of Apollo right; olive sprig behind. Herzfelder 81 (D49/R68); SNG ANS 657; HN Italy 2496. EF, attractively toned, boldly struck in exceptionally high relief. Very rare die combination, only one specimen cited by Herzfelder. ($20,000)