Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4578 Session 16 (9.30am Friday 23rd November) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $320
SICILY, Acragas, (c.450 B.C.), AE trias or tetrankion, cone shape (18x18x12 mm), obv. eagle standing to left, [A K], rev. crab, underside four dots, (cf.S.1020, SNG ANS 1017, Westermark 1979, 1, HGC 2, 126). Very fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 59 (lot 1806).
This coinage is one of the first usage of bronze coinage to be issued in the Greek world.
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