Triton XX, Lot: 37. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 465/4-446 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.97 g, 2h). Sea eagle standing left; AKRAC-ANTOΣ (partially retrograde) around / Crab within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group I; HGC 2, 77; SNG ANS 985 var. (symbol on rev.; same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 801 (same obv. die); Dewing 555; Gulbenkian 158–62; Pozzi 376–7; Rizzo pl. I, 5 var. (symbol on rev.; same obv. die). Good VF, toned, slight roughness. Well centered on a broad flan.
From the JMG Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Inventory C38500 (April 2002).