384, Lot: 23. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Messana. The Mamertinoi. 264-241 BC. Æ Quadruple Unit (26mm, 14.86 g, 6h). Laureate head of Ares right; helmet to left / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Särström Series II, Group A, 17–27; BAR Issue 4; CNS 3; HGC 2, 865. Good VF, hard emerald green patina, some pitting on obverse.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 733489 (December 2002).