Triton XIV, Lot: 11. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 425-420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.04 g, 12h). Facing lion's head; olive spray to lower right / Iokastos (or Aristaios?) seated left, holding scepter; P-ECIИOΣ to left; all within wreath. Herzfelder 58A (D34/R47); HN Italy 2491; SNG ANS 642 var. (obv. symbols, same rev. die); SNG Lloyd -; BMC 14 var. (legend, same obv. die); Basel -; Gulbenkian -; McClean 1865 var. (obv. symbols, same rev. die). VF, lightly toned, a few deposits, minor roughness on reverse. Very rare die combination.