130, Lot: 191. Estimate $500. Sold for $365. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Petra. Circa 340 BC. Æ Drachm (29mm, 27.61 g). Bearded head of Zeus Eleutherios right / Aphrodite seated right, playing with dove held in her right hand. CNS 1; SNG ANS 614; SNG Morcom 658. Fine, dark green patina. Overstruck on a Syracusan drachm, Athena/Two dolphins, star (CNS 62), with the outline of the dolphins visible on the obverse, and the bowl of Athena's helmet visible on the reverse.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.