Hess-Divo
Auction 339 22 Oct 2020
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GREEK COINS. SICILIA.
CATANE. Tetradrachm, about 464-450 BC. AR 16.82 g. Manheaded, bearded bull (river-god Amenanos) reclining r., above, nude Satyr with horse tail creeping r., his l. hand extended; below (no exergual line), ketos r. Rev. KATA - N - AION Nike with open wings, wearing long chiton, hair in a chignon at the back of the head, advancing l., holding fillet in her outstretched r. hand, her l. hand lowered. Randazzo 52, 60 ss. (not with these dies); Ch. Boehringer, Rekonstruktion des Schatzfundes von Ognina 1923, SNR 57 (1978), 117, 80.
Rare. Excellent transitional style. Nicely toned. Obv. Extremely fine. Rev. Good very fine
Provenance:
Comery collection
Auction Roma International, Ltd., London VI (2013), 388.
CATANE. Tetradrachm, about 464-450 BC. AR 16.82 g. Manheaded, bearded bull (river-god Amenanos) reclining r., above, nude Satyr with horse tail creeping r., his l. hand extended; below (no exergual line), ketos r. Rev. KATA - N - AION Nike with open wings, wearing long chiton, hair in a chignon at the back of the head, advancing l., holding fillet in her outstretched r. hand, her l. hand lowered. Randazzo 52, 60 ss. (not with these dies); Ch. Boehringer, Rekonstruktion des Schatzfundes von Ognina 1923, SNR 57 (1978), 117, 80.
Rare. Excellent transitional style. Nicely toned. Obv. Extremely fine. Rev. Good very fine
Provenance:
Comery collection
Auction Roma International, Ltd., London VI (2013), 388.