The Only Gold Issue of Kamarina

Triton XIX, Lot: 2016. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Kamarina. Circa 405 BC. AV Diobol (11mm, 1.14 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp / KA within olive spray tying to left. Westermark & Jenkins 206; HGC 2, 518; SNG ANS 1209; SNG Lloyd 905; Hirsch 325; Jameson 528; Kraay & Hirmer 153; Rizzo pl. VI, 17; Weber 1248. EF, lustrous, minor scuff and a few tiny nicks on obverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 847169 (April 2009).