445, Lot: 834. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 408-406 BC. AR “Dekadrachm” (40mm, 35.27 g, 12h). Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, above, eagle flying left; crab below / Two eagles standing right on dead hare lying on rock, the eagle in foreground with wings closed and head raised, the other with wings spread and head lowered; grasshopper behind. Hill,
Becker 15. As made, toned, edge marks.
From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from William Koonce, 2 May 1969.