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Sicily, Akragas (c.480/78-470 BC), Silver Didrachm, 8.6g.
AK-RA
, eagle standing right. Rev.
CA-
Σ
,
crab, male
head facing right below (Jenkins pl. 37, 18 (same dies); SNG ANS 959 (same dies)). Extremely fine, not
toned.
$ 2,000
20
Sicily, Himera (c.480-470 BC), Silver Didrachm, 7.7g.
HIMER[A]
, cock standing left. Rev. Crab (Westermark
90 (O13/R48) = Dewing 614; SNG ANS 161-2). Toned, extremely fine.
$ 2,000
21
Sicily, Leontinoi (c.445-440 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.00g, 10h. Head of Apollo facing left, wearing a
laurel-wreath. Rev.
LE-ON-TI-NO-N
, lion’s head, with jaws open and tongue protruding, facing left, four
barley-corns around (SNG Lockett 800 (this obverse die); SNG ANS 234-6 (this obverse die)). Attractive
iridescent cabinet tone, very fine.
$ 1,750
22
Sicily, Leontinoi (c.430-425 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.28g, 3h. Head of Apollo facing left, wearing a laurel-
wreath. Rev.
LEONTINON
, lion’s head, with jaws open and tongue protruding, facing to left, a bay-leaf
behind, three barley-corns around (Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (these dies); SNG ANS 257 (these dies); Boehringer,
‘Zur Münzgeschichte von Leontinoi in Klassischen Zeit’, in Studies to Price, 55 (these dies)). Residual lustre
beneath a light tone, extremely fine and attractive.
$ 3,500
23
Sicily, Messana (c.420-413 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.5g.
MESSANA
, the nymph Messana, holding kentron
and reins, driving slow biga of mules right, two dolphins confronted in exergue. Rev.
ΜΕΣ−ΣΑ−ΝΙ−Ο−Ν
, hare
springing right, dolphin below right (Caltabiano 519/524 (D207/R221; die combination not recorded);
SNG ANS 362-4; SNG Lockett 826 (same obverse die)). Toned, extremely fine.
$ 4,000
