SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron (27mm, 24.03 g, 7h).

CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 43. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 1 900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron (27mm, 24.03 g, 7h). Eagle, with wings spread and head raised, standing right on fish / Crab holding serpent in left claw; six pellets (mark of value) around, conch shell and octopus below. Westermark, Coinage, Series 2, 622.1 (1.O3/2.R3 – this coin); CNS 40; HGC 2, 134; Virzi 571 (same dies). Dark green patina, faint cleaning marks. VF.

From the Fay Beth Wedig Collection. Ex Trinacria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 97, 17 September 2014), lot 20; Giessener Münzhandlung 62 (20 April 1993), lot 18.


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