Ex Randazzo Hoard

Triton XVIII, Lot: 356. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 461-450 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.04 g, 9h). River god Amenanos crouching right; above, Nike flying right, crowning him with wreath; in exergue, ketos right / Nike advancing left, holding tainia in each hand; KATANAION to left. Mirone 19–20 var. (ethnic, Nike holds one tainia); Randazzo 67 (this coin); HGC 2, 561; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 887 (same dies); Basel 323 var. (ethnic); Gulbenkian –; cf. Rizzo pl. IX, 13/12 (for obv./rev.); cf. Kraay & Hirmer 28. Near EF, toned, small areas of roughness, minor double strike and area of flat strike on reverse. Very rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Purchased from Leu, May 1999. Ex Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 33; Randazzo/Sicily, 1980 Hoard (CH VII, 17).