CNG 93, Lot: 64. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Naxos. Circa 461-430 BC. AR Litra (11mm, 0.72 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch on vine; leaf hanging at each side, leaf to lower right. Cahn 63 (V46/R54); Campana 9a; HGC 2, 969. Good VF, toned, find patina, minor porosity. Fine style. Extremely rare issue, only three examples known to Cahn.
Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1048 (sold for hammer $1800, but not paid); Numismatica Ars Classica M (20 March 2002), lot 2174.