Triton XVIII, Lot: 339. Estimate $1500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 400-380 BC. Æ Hemilitron (24mm, 18.22 g, 8h). Horned head of young river god Akragas left, wearing tainia; AKPAΓAΣ to left / Eagle standing left, head right, on Ionic capital; crab to left, six pellets to right. Westermark,
Fifth pl. IV, 8; CNS 89; HGC 2, 139; SNG ANS 1097–1101; SNG Lloyd 846; Basel 269; Rizzo pl. III, 17; Virzi 636. Near EF, chocolate brown patina with green hues, minor adjustment marks, a little flat at high points.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 62.