130, Lot: 4. Estimate $400. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ETRURIA, Vetulonia. Circa 215-211 BC. Æ Sextans (24mm, 13.21 g). Head of Nethuns right, wearing ketos (sea monster) headdress; two pellets behind / Trident between two dolphins; pellets to either side. Vecchi V 16/1 (same dies); SNG ANS 100; SNG France 58; SNG Morcom 41; HN Italy 203. Fine, dark olive-green patina. Rare.
From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (1-2 March 1994), lot 119; Spink 82 (27 March 1991), lot 437.