CNG 97, Lot: 20. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 425/0-410/06 BC. Æ Hemilitron (27mm, 24.03 g, 7h). Eagle standing right on fish / Crab holding serpent in left claw; six pellets (mark of value) around, conch shell and octopus below. Westermark,
Fifth pl. II, 5 var. (eagle left); CNS 40; HGC 2, 134; Rizzo pl. III, 10–1; Virzi 571 (same dies). VF, dark green patina, faint cleaning marks.
From the Trinacria Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 62 (20 April 1993), lot 18.