Lot 4078
Sale 135 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Sicily, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Pyrrhos, (278-276 B.C.), issued at Syracuse, silver octobol, (5.14 g), obv. Persephone head to right, wreathed with corn, to right an altar/A, rev. Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and holding shield, to right **BASILEWS*, to left trace of **PURROU*, (S.982, SNG ANS 828 [Pl.26], BMC 7, HGC 3, 263). Even grey patina, good very fine, and very scarce.
Ex Antiquarius, New Zealand list 31 No.4 with their ticket.
- Estimate
- $1,500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $1,000