Extremely Rare Litra

436, Lot: 82. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Morgantina. Circa 339/8-317 BC. AR Litra (12.5mm, 0.74 g, 10h). Egnakios and [...]lis, magistrates. Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right; retrograde MOPΓANTI[...] downward to left, dolphin to right / Bull butting right; EΓNAKPIOΣ on tablet below, [...?]ΛIΣ in exergue. Erim & Jaunzems –; Campana – (but cf. 5 for magistrate); HGC 2, –. VF, toned, a little ragged. Extremely rare, only two in CoinArchives.

Ex Waddell inventory 52088; Dix Noonan Webb A8 (5 October 2009), lot 5399.