ELECTROTYPES, SICILY. Segesta. Circa 400 BC. Electrotype “Tetradrachm” (28mm, 17.36 g, 10h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on reverse).

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Lot: 962. Estimated: $ 300

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ELECTROTYPES, SICILY. Segesta. Circa 400 BC. Electrotype “Tetradrachm” (28mm, 17.36 g, 10h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on reverse). The hunter Aigestes, nude, standing right, left foot propped on rock, pileus hanging from his neck, and holding in left hand two spears over his shoulder; two hounds below, one at bay right, the other crouched right, sniffing at ithyphallic herm to right; [EΓEΣ]TAIΩN to left / Head of the nymph Aigesta right, wearing triple-pendant earring and a necklace with pendants, hair bound in ampyx and a star embroidered sakkos; stalk of barley below; ΣEΓEΣTAZIA to right. Head, Guide, Period II.C., 31; GPCG pl. 16, 51 (for protoype). Toned. As made.

Duplicate from the England - McFadden Electrotype Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 23 February 2022 at 15:20:20 ET.

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