Ex Weber Collection
375, Lot: 167. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Himera. Circa 425-409 BC. Æ Hemilitron or Hexonkion (26.5mm, 22.75 g). Gorgoneion / Six pellets (mark of value). Kraay,
Bronze, p. 43, 1a (this coin cited at top of second column); CNS 16; HGC 2, 463; Weber 1356 (this coin). Fine, brown patina, struck with worn obverse die.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 19 December 1992. Ex Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 1356, purchased from W.S. Lincoln in 1887.