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Session Five - Tuesday, February 14th 10:00am PST
Enlargement
1530 Sicily, Aitna. Æ Trias (5.92 g), early-mid 4th century BC
. [AITN]A, head of female right, wreathed with grain ears and wearing triple-pen-
dant earring.
Reverse:
Horse galloping right, rein trailing; above, [M]. CNS 3; SNG ANS 1158. Glossy reddish-brown patina. A beautiful coin.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value .............................................................................................................................................................................$800 - 900
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Birkler & Waddell II (11 December 1980), 39.
Enlargement
1531 Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.66 g), ca. 510-480 BC
. AKRA-CAN, eagle standing left.
Reverse:
Crab. Jenkins grp. III; SNG ANS 937
(same obv. die). Uniform antique cabinet toning.
Choice Very Fine
.
Estimate Value .............................................................................................................................................................................$500 - 600
1532
Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.78 g), ca. 510-500
BC
. AKRA
-ANTO
(retrograde and partially inverted), sea
eagle standing left.
Reverse:
Crab. Jenkins grp. Ia, pl. 37, 1
(same obv. die); cf. SNG ANS 906-7 (ethnic); SNG Lloyd 786
(same obv. die).
Rare archaic type.
Toned.
Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$500 - 600
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from E. Waddell in
1987.
1533
Sicily, Akragas. Silver Didrachm (8.20 g), ca. 480/78-
470 BC
. AK-RA, sea eagle with folded folded standing left.
Reverse:
Crab within circular incuse. Jenkins grp. IV; SNG ANS
950-3. Lovely old cabinet tone.
Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$300 - 350
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in
the 1980s.