Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 37. Estimate $100. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Himera. Circa 420-407 BC. Æ Hemilitron (7.14 g, 3h). Nude rider on a goat right, blowing into conch, holding club and lion(?) skin; below, Corinthian helmet right / Nike advancing left, holding open wreath in right hand, dress in left; six pellets (mark of value) to left. Kraay,
Bronze, group b, 2; CNS 27; SNG ANS 184 var. (grasshopper). Near VF, dark green patina with light earthen dusting, some roughness.