294, Lot: 65. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Segesta. Circa 475/0-455/0 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.72 g, 1h). Hound advancing right, on the scent / Head of the nymph Segesta right, wearing tainia, within incuse circle. Hurter,
Didrachmenprägung 6a (V1/R6 – this coin); SNG ANS 617 (same obv. die). VF, toned, minor die wear on obverse, reverse a little off center. Well struck for issue.
From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XXI, 16 November 1908), lot 647.