375, Lot: 161. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Halykiai. Circa 400-397 BC. Æ Hexas or Dionkion (14.5mm, 3.57 g, 3h). Nymph standing left, sacrificing with oinochoe above altar to left; two pellets (mark of value) around / Boar standing left; two pellets (mark of value) above. Lazzarini,
Monetazione, Series II, pl. 3, 11–13; CNS 43 (Himera?); HGC 2, 491 (Himeraia?). VF, dark green patina. Very rare.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1843 (part of).