CNG 94, Lot: 67. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 351-280 BC. Æ (20mm, 8.83 g, 5h). Facing lion head / Laureate head of Apollo right; to left, bird (heron?) standing right. HN Italy 2534(a); SNG Morcom 462–6 var. (symbol); Virzi 399 (this coin). Good VF, olive green patina, a few small breaks in patina. Extremely rare bird symbol.

From the JMG Collection. Ex David Freedman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 100; Tom Virzi Collection (Leu 6, 8 May 1973), lot 43.