Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 582

Price realized: 2,800 CHF   (Approx. 3,183 USD / 2,956 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


BRUTTIUM. Kroton. Circa 425-350 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.36 g, 7 h). Eagle with closed wings standing right, head to left; to right, animal skull. Rev. ϘPO Tripod with three handles, ornamental volutes below the bowl and legs ending in lion's paws; to right, olive leaf. HN Italy 2147. Jameson 425 (this coin). SNG ANS 340 (same dies). Nicely toned and with an excellent old pedigree. Some traces of cleaning and minor smoothing, otherwise, very fine.


From the Lucien Birkler Collection, ex Triton III, 30 November 1999, 109 and J. Schulman 231, 6 March 1958, 3602, and from the collections of R. Jameson and Consul E. F. Weber, Hirsch XXI, 16 November 1908, 406 .

Starting price: 250 CHF