Well Struck Motya Litra

426, Lot: 9. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Motya. Circa 405-400 BC. AR Litra (11mm, 0.43 g, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Palm tree. Jenkins, Punic, pl. 23, 4a; Campana 15a; HGC 2, 936. Good VF, toned, usual light porosity. Well centered and struck.

Ex L. Shea Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 389, 18 January 2017), lot 42 (hammer $650); Cederlind 168 (26 February 2013), lot 36; Lanz 154 (11 June 2012), lot 46.