Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 278. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Kronia. Circa 380 BC. Æ 19mm (4.04 gm). Head of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain / Winged thunderbolt; two shields to either side. Calciati I pg. 125, 1; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Morcom -. VF, pale green patina, surfaces a little rough. Extremely rare; Calciati cites only "about ten" known. ($750)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

G. Cavallaro, in "Il nome 'Kronia' su una moneta di Katana," Atti VIII (1934), hypothesizes that this issue was struck by survivors of the destruction of Himera who were fortunate enough to reach the temple Kronos near Termini Imerese. Originally dated to 408 BC, C. Boehringer's recent analysis of the last coinage of Himera ("Himera im IV. Jahrhundert v. Chr." in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays) ed him to redate this issue to circa 380 BC.