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Auction 100 - Part 1 7 October 2015
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SICILY, Panormos. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 276 BC. AV Sixteenth Stater – Tritetartemorion (7mm, 0.52 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; ΠA monogram to left. HGC 2, 1063 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 576; SNG Lloyd 1671; BMC 6; Weber 1736 (Tauromenion). VF, reverse a little off center. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Stack's, 14 January 2008), lot 2095; James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 75; Classical Numismatic Group 29 (30 March 1994), lot 32.
This small gold tritetartemorion, and its companion hemiobol (see next lot), struck on the Attic standard, probably constituted a donative issue struck after the capture of Panormos by Pyrrhos of Epeiros in 276 BC.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Stack's, 14 January 2008), lot 2095; James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 75; Classical Numismatic Group 29 (30 March 1994), lot 32.
This small gold tritetartemorion, and its companion hemiobol (see next lot), struck on the Attic standard, probably constituted a donative issue struck after the capture of Panormos by Pyrrhos of Epeiros in 276 BC.