24
Sicily, Morgantina (c.339/8-317 BC), Æ Hemidrachm, 17.6g.
ΜΟΡΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ
, head of Athena facing right,
wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, owl standing right behind, head facing. Rev. Lion standing right, devouring
head of stag,
Γ
above, coiled serpent below (Castrizio series I, 2; CNS 2; SNG ANS -). Well struck on a full
flan with complete legend, nice original glossy dark green patina, nearly extremely fine.
$ 2,000
25
Sicily, Motya (c.412-410 BC), Silver Didrachm, 8.3g. Hound standing right, plant below. Rev. [
ΜΟΤΥ
]
ΑΙΩΝ
,
female facing head right, branch with four leaves behind (cf Jenkins 20/18 (O11/R10; die combination not
recorded); cf Hurter, Die Drachmaprägung von Segesta, pl. 22, D / pl. 21, H1 (obverse/reverse, this obverse
die)). Some areas of porosity on both sides, still desirable, very fine.
Rare
.
$ 1,000
During a short period near the end of the 5
th
Century, c.412-408 BC, the cities of Motya and Panormos struck Didrachms of
Segestan type. Motya, which had hitherto issued Didrachms with a horseman design, now adopted the Segestan hound for its obverse.
Furthermore, in at least three instances an actual Segestan obverse die was used to strike the coins for Motya, and two of the three
were also used to strike coins for Panormos. The coins in question clearly show the progression of use: Segesta - Motya - Panormos.
This leads to the important question of where these coins were minted. It was previously thought that the dies were physically
transported from one city to the next, but it seems more likely that there was a central mint involved in striking for all three cities.
Hurter saw the hand of a single engraver at work, which supports the theory of a central mint, and Jenkins proposed that the coins
were struck at Panormos, based on the grounds that it was newly opened. However, at this time the location of the mint remains
uncertain.
26
Sicily, Selinos (c.540-515 BC), Silver Didrachm, 8.8g. Selinon leaf. Rev.
Divided incuse square
(Arnold-
Biucci grp. I, 3; Selinus Hoard 32-3 and 35). Medium grey toning, extremely fine.
$ 1,000
27
Sicily, Selinos (c.530-490 BC), Silver Didrachm, 8.64g. Selinon leaf. Rev. Divided incuse square (SNG ANS 666).
Extremely fine and attractive, area of porosity on reverse.
$ 1,450
