162, Lot: 33. Estimate $75. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Uncertain mint. Circa 550-500 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.64 g). Bull's head left within circle of pellets / Divided incuse square. A similar piece appeared in Classical Numismatic Group 25 (24 March, 1993), lot 131. VF, porosity.
The reverse pattern is clearly based on the early didrachms of Selinos, but there are parallels for the obverse type.