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Auction 123  31 Mar - 2 Apr 2020
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Lot 2971

Estimate: 800 AUD
Price realized: 2800 AUD
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SICILY, Himera, (c.440-430/25 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (16.75 g), obv. the Nymph Himera, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga left, above, Nike flying right, crowning her with open wreath, in exergue, cock standing left within exergue, [I]MEP-AION below, rev. Himera standing facing, head left, holding patera over altar to left, to upper right, barley grain, to lower right, satyr bathing in fountain with lion-headed spout, (cf.S.813, Arnold-Biucchi, Monetazione, QT XVII [1988], Group III, 15 [Q4/H12], Gutmann & Schwabacher 10; HGC 2, -, Boston MFA 254 [same dies], de Luynes 976 [same dies], Rizzo pl. XXI, 12 [same dies]). Very fine and rare.

Ex George Mihailuk Collection, from Downies, Sydney, c.1992.
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