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Auction 26  21 May 2023
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Lot 105

Estimate: 400 CHF
Price realized: 800 CHF
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SICILY. Galaria. Circa 460 BC. Litra (Silver, 10.5 mm, 0.41 g, 7 h). Σ-OTE-R (retrograde) Zeus seated left on throne, holding a long, eagle-topped scepter in his right hand and resting his left on the throne. Rev. CA - ΛA Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos in his right hand and, in his left, a vine with a bunch of grapes. Buceti 1. Jameson 574. Jenkins, Coinages, Group I. SNG ANS 1. Very rare. Clear and well-centered, and with a dark patina as found. Struck on a rather tight and underweight flan, otherwise, good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 406, November/December 1978, 19.

Galaria was a Sicel settlement, that has been identified as being either the modern town of S. Mauro di Caltagirone or Gagliano Castelferrato.
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