Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3448 Session 11 (9:30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $400
SICILY, Himera, (c.530-482 B.C. [Sear], 480/78-470 B.C. [Westermark]), silver didrachm, (8.01 g), obv. cock with closed wings strutting to left, rev. crab within circular incuse circular field, (S.715, Westermark 99 [same dies], SNG Sweden (Forbat) 125 [same dies], Niggeler I, 1965 lot 99 [same dies]). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Ex Alan Jordan Collection and purchased from Noble Numismatics Sale 77 (lot 3104), previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 65 (lot 1734). Only four coins known from these dies. Only 196 didrachms of all dies were recorded by Westermark in 1999.
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