224, Lot: 27. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Mamertinoi. 288-278 BC. Æ 27mm (17.35 g, 7h). Laureate head of Ares right; helmet behind / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Särström 17; BAR issue 4 (“264-241 BC”); CNS 3; SNG ANS 402. VF, dark green patina, large spot of encrustation removed from truncation of bust and surface subsequently smoothed.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 9350.