Lot 4943

Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection

Description

Sicily, Syracuse, reign of Hieron II, (275-215 B.C.), AE 19, (6.460 grams), obv. head of Poseidon to left, wearing tainia, rev. ornamental trident-head between two dolphins dividing **IER WNOS*, uncertain below, (S.1223, BMC 611ff., McClean 2927, SNG ANS 964ff.). Black patina, good very fine and scarce.

Ex Patrick Cooper Collection with his ticket and previously acquired from Coinex London, October 1989.

Estimate
$100
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$70

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