ABeautiful Rhegion Tetradrachm
15
Bruttium, Rhegion (c.415/410-387 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.33g, 12h. Lion’s head facing. Rev.
PHΓINON
,
head of Apollo facing left, laureate, an olive-sprig behind (Herzfelder 103 (D.61/R.88); SNG Lockett 659
(these dies); SNG Lloyd 697 (these dies); Jameson 459 (these dies); Boston 206). Of beautiful Classical style,
toned, good very fine.
Very
rare
.
$ 40,000
ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 2, Zürich, 25 April 1972, lot 62
16
Bruttium, The Bretti (c.216-214 BC), Silver Drachm, 4.4g. Second Punic War issue. Veiled head of Hera
Lakinia ������ ������ ������� ������ ������� ���� ��������� ��������� �� ���� ������ ����
facing ������ ������� ������ ������� ���� ��������� ��������� �� ���� ������ ����
right, wearing polos, sceptre over shoulder, bucranium in left field. Rev.
ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ
, Zeus
leaning on knee left, foot resting on ionic capital, holding sceptre, crab in left field,
Γ
between foot and
sceptre (Arslan dies 7/9; Scheu 68; HN Italy 1969). Delicately toned, extremely fine.
$ 1,000
17
Sicily, Akragas (c.490-480 BC), Silver Didrachm, 8.61g, 12h.
AKRA
, eagle standing left. Rev. crab, a Corinthian
helmet to left below, all within an incuse circle (Jenkins, Gela, Group III, pl. 37, 13; SNG ANS 946-7;
SNG Lloyd 798). Edge slightly ragged, otherwise well-struck and about extremely fine.
$ 1,000
ex Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd., Sale 92, 24-27 November 2009, lot 5009
18
Sicily, Akragas (c.490-480 BC), Silver Didrachm, 8.64g, 9h.
AK / RA
, eagle standing left. Rev. crab (SNG ANS
952 (this obverse die); Jenkins, Gela, Group IV). Very fine.
$ 850
