Triton XXII, Lot: 129. Estimate $15000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Motya. Circa 400-397 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.08 g, 4h). Head of Arethousa left, hair restrained in an ampyx and open-weave sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; four dolphins swimming around / Crab. Jenkins, Punic 47 (O6/R9); Campana 22; CNP 502; HGC 2, 923 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 501 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1138 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 481 (same obv. die); Jameson 667 (same dies); Rizzo pl. LXV, 9. EF, toned, traces of find patina, a touch of die wear on reverse.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 65; Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 86; Lanz 26 (5 December 1983), lot 85; Leu 15 (4 May 1976), lot 140.