NAC 64, May 17 2012
Lot 685 AE Dilitra or Litra, 20.11g
2,750 SFr. ex Leu 6 (1973); CNG Triton V (2002)
FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG
House | Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Zurich, Switzerland |
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Date | May 17th, 2012 |
Lot | 685 |
Description | Dilitra or litra circa 340-335, Æ 20.11 g. EΡ[BEΣΣINΩN] Female head r. (Sikelia?), wearing wreath of myrthus . Rev. Eagle standing r., head l., holding snake in its beak. Rizzo pl. LIX, 17. Campana 4 (this coin). Calciati III, 6/OS (this coin). Dark tone, traces of overstriking on a Syracusan dilitra, otherwise good very fine Ex Leu 6, 1973, Virzi,110 and Triton V, 2002, Freedman, 157. From the Virzi and Freedman collections. |
Issuer | SICILY | Herbessus |
Metal | AE (Bronze) |
Denomination | Dilitra or Litra |
Weight | 20.11g |
Estimate | 1500 |
Sold | 2750 |
Currency | SFr |
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NAC 64, May 17 2012
Lot 685 AE Dilitra or Litra, 20.11g
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