Very Rare Motya Tetras

275, Lot: 9. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Motya. Circa 415/10-397 BC. Æ Tetras (19mm, 7.48 g, 11h). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue; three pellets below / Palm tree. CNS I 1; SNG ANS -. VF/Fair, dark green patina. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 13 (8 October 1998), lot 379.