Triton XVI, Lot: 221. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Segesta. Circa 440/35-420/16 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.83 g, 8h). Hound standing left, on the scent / Head of female right, hair in band, within linear circular border; [ΣEΓEΣ]TAZ[IB] around; all in shallow incuse circle. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung 140a (V42/R73) = P. Lederer, “Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde aus schweizerischen öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen II” in SNR XXXII, 6 (this coin, illustrated); Rizzo –; SNG ANS –; cf. SNG Lloyd 1177/1171 (for obv./rev. dies); cf. SNG München 852 (same obv. die); cf. McClean 2537 (same rev. die). Good VF, toned, obverse off center.

Ex Dr. R. Wehrli Collection; Prince of Waldeck Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 4, 1 October 1935), lot 475.