290, Lot: 151. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Himera. Circa 415-409 BC. Æ Hemilitron (15mm, 2.74 g, 5h). Head of nymph left, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; six pellets (mark of value) before / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. Kraay,
Bronze, group b, 3; CNS 35; SNG ANS 186. Good VF, dark grayish-brown patina with some earthen deposits. The pellets on the reverse are very weak, with only one clearly visible.