THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, GREEK SILVER COINS, Sicily, Segesta (c.420-410 BC), Silver Didrachm, dog advancing right, on the scent, a bundle of three ears of corn in the background, [Σ]EΓEΣTAZIB, in exergue, rev Σ-EΓEΣTAZIB, head of the nymph Aigeste facing right, wearing a thin band in hair, 8.68g, 9h (Hurter 191b (V59/R107), this coin; Rizzo, pl. LXII, 9; SNG Lloyd 1184; SNG Copenhagen 578). Well-centred and of particularly attractive style, iridescent cabinet tone, good very fine and very rare.
ex Hirsch Auction 167, 1990, lot 160
ex Peus Auction 380, 2004, lot 218
ex The New York Sale XI, Baldwin / Markov / M&M, 11 January 2006, lot 73
Estimate: £2000-2500