271, Lot: 5. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Morgantina. The Sikeliotes. Circa 214/3-213/2 BC. AR 8 Litrai (20mm, 6.89 g, 3h). Head of Persephone right, veiled and wearing wreath of grain ears; leaf to right / Nike, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving fast quadriga right; monogram above, ΣIKEΛIΩTAN in exergue. Erim & Jaunzems II; BAR Issue 3; Campana 12; SNG ANS 1168 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1578 (same dies); Gulbenkian 362 = Bement 557 (same obv. die); Jameson 885. EF, lightly toned, reverse slightly off center. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 285.