294, Lot: 61. Estimate $150. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Motya. Circa 415/10-397 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.72 g, 12h). Eagle, holding serpent in beak, standing left on Ionic capital; ivy leaf to upper right / Dolphin left above conch shell. Jenkins, Punic pl. 23, 1; SNG ANS 502 (same dies). Fine, toned. Rare.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex J. Hirsch XXXIII (17 November 1913), lot 400.