Sale: Triton V, Lot: 206. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Motya . Circa 409-397 BC. Æ Onkia (2.43 gm). Bearded male head right wearing a mustache / Crab; conch below. Jenkins, "Coins of Punic Sicily," in SNR 50 (1971), pl. 23, 14; SNG ANS 510; Calciati I pg. 278, 10; BMC Sicily -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Morcom -; Laffaille -; Virzi -. VF, choice, smooth brown patina. Rare. Calciati cites only one specimen and this is the only specimen clearly showing the conch below the crab. ($300)