Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146Auction date: 8 May 2024
Lot number: 2068

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Lot description:


Camarina.
Tetradrachm circa 425-405, AR 27 mm, 16.64 g. Prancing quadriga driven r. by charioteer holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying l. to crown him. In exergue, barley grain. Rev. KAMAPINAI – ON Head of young Heracles l., wearing lion's skin headdress. Jameson 525 (this coin). Boston, MFA 261 (these dies). SNG München 402 (these dies). Westermark-Jenkins 146.12 (this coin).
Rare. An elegant portrait, the work of a very skilled engraver struck on a large flan. Lovely
old cabinet tone, flan crack at twelve o'clock on obverse, otherwise extremely fine

Ex Egger 28 November 1904, Prowe, 181; Hirsch XX, 1907, 113; M&M-Leu 3-4 December 1965, Niggeler part I, 102; NAC 10, 1997, 100; Triton II, 1998, 167 and NAC 84, 2015, 572 sales. From the Jameson collection.

Estimate: 20000 CHF