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Electronic Auction 604

Lot nuber 18

ISLANDS off SICILY, Melita. 150-146 BC. Æ (26mm, 9.87 g, 12h). Fine.


Electronic Auction 604
Lot: 18.
 Estimated: $ 150

Greek, 12h, Bronze

Sold For $ 425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ISLANDS off SICILY, Melita. 150-146 BC. Æ (26mm, 9.87 g, 12h). Head of Isis left, wearing ouraios; grain ear to left / Osiris kneeling left, holding flail and scepter. Perassi 25–40; CNS 7; SNG Copenhagen (Vol. 8) 465–6; Dow, ACTTB, p. 232 (this coin). Brown surfaces, irregular flan, some roughness. Fine.

From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex D. Alighieri Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 199, 19 November 2008), lot 89.

The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter Paul’s Journey to Rome. CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions.

Closing Date and Time: 18 February 2026 at 10:05:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.