Extremely Rare Kimissa Drachm

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 139. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Kimissa. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (2.36 g, 11h). Diademed head of Homonoia right; OMONOIA to right / Lit garlanded altar; palms flanking. Rizzo pl. LIX, 22 = Jameson 559 = Basel 346n (same dies); SNG ANS -; CNG 69, 87. Good VF, lightly toned, minor roughness. Extremely rare, fewer than ten known.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.