Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
Lot number: 64 Price realized: 4,400 GBP (Approx. 5,574 USD / 5,132 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Sicily, Selinos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 440-420 BC. Artemis, holding bow and reins, driving biga to right with Apollo standing beside her, drawing bow; barley corn in exergue / River god Selinos standing to left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar to left and holding branch; cockerel on altar, selinon leaf and bull on base to right, ΣEΛINONTINON around. Schwabacher 16 (Q5/S14); SNG ANS 696 (same obv. die); SNG München 881 (same rev. die); HGC 2, 1221. 17.08g, 29mm, 5h. Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone, some light scratches to obv. Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 403, 27 April 2011, lot 40 (hammer: EUR 10,000); Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 54, 24 March 2010, lot 47; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 29, 11 May 2005, lot 103; Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 46, 30 October 1989, lot 35; Ex A. D. M. Collection, Sternberg, Auction 17, 9 May 1986, lot 61. Estimate: 5000 GBP |