190, Lot: 14. Estimate $300. Sold for $407. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Himera. Circa 420-407 BC. Æ Hemilitron (22mm, 8.20 g). Nude rider on goat right, blowing into conch, holding club and lion's(?) skin; Corinthian helmet below / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and hem of dress; six pellets (mark of value) to left. Kraay,
Bronze, group b, 2; CNS 27; SNG ANS 184 var. (Corinthian helmet instead of grasshopper). VF, dark greenish-brown, almost black, patina, light porosity.