Rare Lipara Onkia

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 123. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off SICILY, Lipara. 317-279 BC. Æ Onkia (7.17 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Ornamented trident head. CNS 28; SNG Copenhagen 1097. Good VF, green patina.

From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 235; Peus 334 (4 November 1992), lot 132.