Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 24 22-23 June 2016
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Sicily, Abakainon, Bronze, first half of 4th century BC; AE (g 37,29; mm 31; h 5); Female head r., wearing sphendone and earrings; on r., inverted Σ, Rv. ABAKAI - NI- NΩN, horse prancing r. CNS I -; Buceti -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG ANS -; SNG Budapest -; SNG München -.
Unpublished in the standard references , overstruck on a Syracusan drachm. Glossy and untouched green patina, extremely fine.
As yet, no one found a so large bronze denomination of Abakainon mint. The coinage of this Sicilian city is interesting also for the typologic paralellism with the neighbouring mints: with Alontion for the forepart of man-headed bull; with Tyndaris for eight rays star. In this beautiful and unpublished specimen, the style of the reverse die resembling to Tyndaris bronze issue with Dioskouros riding on reverese (CNS, I, 1-2).
Estimate: 4000 GBP
Unpublished in the standard references , overstruck on a Syracusan drachm. Glossy and untouched green patina, extremely fine.
As yet, no one found a so large bronze denomination of Abakainon mint. The coinage of this Sicilian city is interesting also for the typologic paralellism with the neighbouring mints: with Alontion for the forepart of man-headed bull; with Tyndaris for eight rays star. In this beautiful and unpublished specimen, the style of the reverse die resembling to Tyndaris bronze issue with Dioskouros riding on reverese (CNS, I, 1-2).
Estimate: 4000 GBP