SICILY, Segesta. Circa 390/85 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.73 g, 2h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 84. Estimated: $ 10 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 20 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Segesta. Circa 390/85 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.73 g, 2h). Aigiste, holding grain ear in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning her with wreath; in exergue, [Σ]E-ΛEΣTAZ[IA] above [grasshopper right] / The hunter Aigestes, nude, standing right, left foot propped on rock, pileus hanging from his neck, and holding in left hand two spears over his shoulder; two hounds below, one at bay right, the other crouched right, sniffing at ithyphallic herm to right. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung, Group IV, T10l (V5/R10) = Lederer 9k = SNG Lockett 855 (this coin); HGC 2, 1109; SNG Fitzwilliam 1148 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1199 (same dies); BMC 43; de Luynes 1122 (same dies); Gillet 516 (same dies). Deep cabinet tone, small area of weak strike at edge, a little off center on reverse. Good VF. Artistic die workmanship.

From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 823; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part 1, Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 740; Helbing (20 March 1928), lot 94; Duplicates from the Münzkabinett of the Königliche Museen zu Berlin (Reichmann XXX, 11 December 1924), lot 277; Dr. Friedrich Imhoof-Blümer Collection; J. Hirsch XXXII (14 November 1912), lot 100.


The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session One – Greek Coinage (Part 1) will be held Tuesday morning, 11 January 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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