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CNG 103, Lot: 62. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 460-450/46 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.37 g, 12h). Sea eagle standing left on dotted line; Å˚RÅ1-sotNÅ around / Crab; flower below; all within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group II; HGC 2, 79; SNG ANS 983 var. (ethnic); Jameson 505 (same dies); Randazzo 15; Rizzo pl. I, 12. EF, lightly toned. Excellent metal.

Ex James Howard Collection (Roma VIII, 28 September 2014), lot 58.