A Masterpiece of Die Engraving

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 74. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $60000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 405-403/2 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.13 g, 1h). Facing head of Silenos / KATANAIW-N, laureate male (Apollo?) head right in circular incuse. SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd -; BMC 44; SNG Fitzwilliam 960; Rizzo -; Basel 333; Jameson 555 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. Exceptional.

From the David Herman Collection. Ex Sotheby’s London (14 October 1999), lot 11.