Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 126 17 Nov 2021
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8 litrae, Morgantina circa 215-212, AR 6.83 g. Veiled and barley-wreathed head of Demeter l.; behind, leaf. Rev. ΣIKEΛIΩTAN Fast quadriga driven r. by Nike, holding reins in both hands and kentron in r.; above, HS in monogram. Jameson 885 (these dies). AMB 414 (this obverse die). Sjöqvist p. 55, 2 and pl. 6, 3 (these dies). Buttrey, Morgantina Studies II, 430 (these dies). Burnett, Enna Hoard 110 (these dies).
Rare. Wonderful iridescent tone, virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Ariadne 9 December 1983, 27; Leu 72, 1998, 94 and NGSA 5, 2008, 58 sales.
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8 litrae, Morgantina circa 215-212, AR 6.83 g. Veiled and barley-wreathed head of Demeter l.; behind, leaf. Rev. ΣIKEΛIΩTAN Fast quadriga driven r. by Nike, holding reins in both hands and kentron in r.; above, HS in monogram. Jameson 885 (these dies). AMB 414 (this obverse die). Sjöqvist p. 55, 2 and pl. 6, 3 (these dies). Buttrey, Morgantina Studies II, 430 (these dies). Burnett, Enna Hoard 110 (these dies).
Rare. Wonderful iridescent tone, virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Ariadne 9 December 1983, 27; Leu 72, 1998, 94 and NGSA 5, 2008, 58 sales.
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