Triton XIX, Lot: 3. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAMPANIA, Phistelia. Circa 310-300 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.34 g, 5h). Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / Ethnic oriented around large H. Campana,
Agg. Fistelia 13 = Jameson 30 (this coin); Rutter p. 180, Group II; Sambon 845; HN Italy 618; SNG ANS 583. EF, deeply toned, a hint of porosity. Extremely rare, one of only four noted by Campana; this is the only one not in a public collection (the others in Berlin, Naples, and New York), and the only piece in CoinArchives.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 36; Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 197; Auctiones 7 (7 June 1977), lot 18; Robert Jameson Collection, 31; Arthur J. Evans Collection.