CNG 112, Lot: 81. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Segesta. Circa 475/0-455/0 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 8.55 g, 5h). Hound standing right, on the scent / Head of female right, hair in thin band, within pelleted circular border. Hurter,
Didrachmenprägung, Series 2, 24a (V5/R19 –
this coin, illustrated); HGC 2, 1114; SNG Copenhagen 571 (same rev. die); SNG Delepierre 597 = Hermitage Sale II 307 (same rev. die); Jameson 697 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1105 (same rev. die); McClean 2530 (same rev. die). Toned, a little porosity on obverse. Good VF.
Ex Gemini I (11 January 2005), lot 30; Gorny & Mosch 102 (24 May 2000), lot 69; Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 291.