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Electronic Auction 374  11 May 2016
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Lot 65

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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SICILY, Halykiai. Circa 400-397 BC. Æ Hexas or Dionkion (13mm, 3.37 g, 1h). Dionysos standing right, holding thyrsos / Boar standing left; two pellets (mark of value) above. Lazzarini, Monetazione, Series II, unlisted type; cf. CNS 43 (Himera?; obv. figure left, pellets around); HGC 2, 492 (Himeraia?). Fine, dark green-brown patina. Extremely rare, none in CNS or Lazzarini, only four in CoinArchives (as Himera).

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1843 (part of).
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