Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 264. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. Sold For $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 420-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron (21.89 g, 4h). Eagle, head raised and wings displayed, standing left on hare; cicada to left / Crab; below, sea-god (Glaukos or Triton) right, blowing conch shell; six pellets (mark of value) around. Westermark,
Fifth, issue 5; CNS 49; SNG ANS 1025. VF, brown patina.
From the J. Olphin Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 157.