ANCIENT GREEK COINS
SICILY | Katane
New York Sale XXVII, Jan 4 2012
Lot 133 AR Tetradrachm, 17.18g
ex Hess-Leu 7 (1957), 72; Hess-Leu 19 (1962), 53
FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG
| House | THE NEW YORK SALE , New York, USA |
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| Date | January 4th, 2012 |
| Lot | 133 |
| Description | SICILY. Katane (c.415-410 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.18g,. Dies engraved by the ‘Master of the leaf’. Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron in his left hand and the reins in both, driving a quadriga to right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, an eagle flying to right in the exergue. Rev. KATANAION , head of Apollo facing to left, wearing a laurel-wreath, an olive-spray behind (Rizzo pl. XII, 7 (these dies); SNG ANS 1255; BMC 24; Jameson 540; Gulbenkian 184). Light die-flaw on the reverse, attractively toned, good style, obverse very fine, reverse good very fine. Ex Hess - Leu, Auction 7, Lucerne, 16 April 1957, lot 72 Ex Adolph Hess AG, Auction 19, Lucerne, 12 & 13 April 1962, lot 53 Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 10 March 1987 |
| Issuer | SICILY | Katane |
| Metal | AR (Silver) |
| Denomination | Tetradrachm |
| Weight | 17.18g |
| Estimate | 8000 |
| Sold | |
| Currency | USD |
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SICILY | Katane
New York Sale XXVII, Jan 4 2012
Lot 133 AR Tetradrachm, 17.18g