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Auction 27 22 May 2023
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BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Circa 415/10-387 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.21 g, 6 h). Lion's head facing, with both eyes looking to his right. Rev. ΡΗΓΙΝΟΝ Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, olive sprig of two leaves. Herzfelder 82. HN III 2496. Very rare. Well struck in high relief with a beautiful head of Apollo in the finest late 5th century style. Beautifully detailed and with an attractive dark tone as found . Beginning of a die break below Apollo's neck on the reverse - as found on all the few known coins struck from this die, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the collection of M. Price, Stack's 3 December 1996, 7 (but the reference given there to Herzfelder is inexplicably wrong) .
The head of Apollo on the reverse of this coin is one of the finest to appear on the late 5th century coinage of Region. It shows Apollo with a noble and serene delicacy of features that are quite different from those on the majority of the other dies. The quality of the engraving is simply outstanding in every way: it is likely that the die break on the edge caused the die to fail soon after this coin was struck, thus explaining the remarkable rarity of this die pair.
From the collection of M. Price, Stack's 3 December 1996, 7 (but the reference given there to Herzfelder is inexplicably wrong) .
The head of Apollo on the reverse of this coin is one of the finest to appear on the late 5th century coinage of Region. It shows Apollo with a noble and serene delicacy of features that are quite different from those on the majority of the other dies. The quality of the engraving is simply outstanding in every way: it is likely that the die break on the edge caused the die to fail soon after this coin was struck, thus explaining the remarkable rarity of this die pair.