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Auction 115  16-17 Sep 2020
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Lot 27

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 900 USD
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Pentalitron – Drachm (14.5mm, 3.95 g, 7h). Sea eagle standing left on Ionic capital; ΠEN (mark of value) above / Crab. Westermark, Period II, 445 (O1/R2); HGC 2, 112. Toned, porous. VF. Very rare denomination, Westermark records 24 examples, of which 16 are in museum collections.


From the Weise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 173.

This coin may be Westermark 445.7, based on the weight, die axis, and her note on the porous surfaces. Unfortunately, that coin was not previously published.
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