Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 70. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Herbessos. 354/3-344 BC. Æ Drachm (32.14 g, 12h). Head of Sikelia right, wreath of myrtle in her hair; [EPBEΣΣINΩN before] / Forepart of a man-headed bull right. Castrizio series II, 1 (D1/R1); CNS 4; SNG Morcom 593; SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd 1002; Rizzo pl. LIX, 17 (same rev. die); Basel 297 (this coin). VF, green-brown patina, minor edge splits. Rare.

From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection. Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 47; Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 297.