Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 24 22-23 June 2016
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Sicily, Himera, Tetradrachm, before 405 BC; AR (g 17,17; mm 23; h 3); Charioteer driving fast quadriga r.; above flying Nike, holding tablet inscribed MAI, in ex., hippocamp, Rv. [IMEPAION], the nymph Himera standing facing, wearing a long kiton and peplos, holding patera on altar; on r., satyr bathing in fountain, water emaneting by spour in the shape of a lion's head. Kraay-Hirmer Pl. 22, n. 71; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG ANS -.
Extremely rare, cabinet tone. About extremely fine.
Ex Hess-Leu 1957, lot 81 (from the Charles E. Weber Collection); Leu 15 (May 1976), lot 68 (from the J. Hewitt Judd Collection); Superior Galleries, June 1981, lot 1521 (from the Muñoz Collection, Part 3); Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 42 (29-30 May 1997), lot 114.
Estimate: 3000 GBP
Extremely rare, cabinet tone. About extremely fine.
Ex Hess-Leu 1957, lot 81 (from the Charles E. Weber Collection); Leu 15 (May 1976), lot 68 (from the J. Hewitt Judd Collection); Superior Galleries, June 1981, lot 1521 (from the Muñoz Collection, Part 3); Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 42 (29-30 May 1997), lot 114.
Estimate: 3000 GBP