Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4139 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $180
SICILY, Akragas (Agrigentum), AE 26, hemilitron, (420-406 B.C.), (13.15 g), obv. eagle to right with spread wings, holding and tearing at hare in talons, rev. crab, six pellets around, ketos or hippocamp right below, (cf.S.1022, Calciati I No.19, SNG ANS 1023, Westermark Coinage Series 5, 774, SNG Munich 107-8, HGC 2, 136). Dark brown patina, nearly very fine and very rare.
Ex Spink America, two Polish brothers collection, December 7, 1999 (lot 478).
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