CNG 85, Lot: 170. Estimate $3000. Sold for $13250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 415/0-387 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.20 g, 1h). Facing lion’s head / Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; olive sprig behind. Herzfelder 88 (D54/R75); HN Italy 2496; Gulbenkian 141 (same obv. die); Bement 316 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned, weakly struck at center of reverse. Rare die pairing, only one example noted in Herzfelder.