NumisBids
  
Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction LVI  23-24 Oct 2021
View prices realized

Lot 91

Starting price: 350 EUR
Price realized: 380 EUR
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
Sicily. Kersinoi. AE Tetras, c. 344-339 BC. Obv. KEPΣINΩN. Bearded male head right; behind, barley grain. Rev. Kithara. HGC 2 -; CNS III 322, 2 (uncertain mercenaries); Campana, Agg. Kersini 2, b. AE. 4.94 g. 17.00 mm. RRRR. Extremely rare, only six listed by Campana. VF.

The extremely rare issue with ethnic KEPΣINΩN is probably related to the mercenaries who were settled near S. Caterina Villarmosa. They were possibly of Illyrian lineage, originally from Cres and they had arrived in Sicily to serve Dionysius I, approximately in 385-380 BC.
Question about this auction? Contact Artemide Aste s.r.l.