Triton XVIII, Lot: 374. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Segesta. Circa 412/0-405/0 BC. AR Litra (11.5mm, 0.82 g, 11h). Head of the nymph Segesta facing slightly left; laurel branches flanking / Hound standing left; facing gorgoneion above, conch shell to left, EΓES-T-A-ION (partially retrograde) around. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung K29.f (this coin); HGC 2, 1174; SNG ANS 651 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1194 (same dies); McClean 2556 (same dies). Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Exceptional for issue.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 89; Sternberg XX (20 April 1988), lot 330.