Unique Katane Hexas

342, Lot: 50. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 415/3-404 BC. AR Hexas (5.5mm, 0.12 g). Youthful head of river-god Amenanos left, wearing tainia / Upright spear; shields flanking. Unpublished, but cf. Boehringer, Kataneische, Hx 15 (for obv.) and On 2-3 (for rev.). Good VF, toned, some find patina remaining. Apparently unique.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 367.