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Auction 12 11 January 2015
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Sicily. Morgantina. The Sikeliotes. c. 214-213 BC. 12 Litrae, 9.29g (3h). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus left. Rx: ΣΙΚΕΛΙΩΤΑΝ Winged thunderbolt; above, HΣ ligate. Cf. Gorny, 5 October 1992, lot 43 = NAC 59, 4 April 2011, lot 524 (brought $32,300 plus fees).. Unobtrusive corrosion. Beautifully toned. EF
Ex Spink, 6-7 October 2004, lot 11
This type was unique until a second specimen appeared in the 1992 Gorny sale cited above. Erik Sjöqvist in ANSMN 1960 illuminated the background of this interesting coinage. Sjöqvist argued that the Sikeliotan people inhabited Morgantina and that the town was pro-Carthiginian and wealthy in c. 214-213 BC when this coinage was struck. Sjöqvist suggests that the dies for the coinage were cut by highly talented Syracusan engravers, in the style of the Syracusan coinages of Hieron II and Hieronymos
Ex Spink, 6-7 October 2004, lot 11
This type was unique until a second specimen appeared in the 1992 Gorny sale cited above. Erik Sjöqvist in ANSMN 1960 illuminated the background of this interesting coinage. Sjöqvist argued that the Sikeliotan people inhabited Morgantina and that the town was pro-Carthiginian and wealthy in c. 214-213 BC when this coinage was struck. Sjöqvist suggests that the dies for the coinage were cut by highly talented Syracusan engravers, in the style of the Syracusan coinages of Hieron II and Hieronymos