Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2662 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $120
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SOLD $150
SICILY, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Pyrrhos, (278-276 B.C.), AE 24 (10.13 g), obv. youthful head of Herakles to left in lion skin, to left **SURAKOSIWN*, rev. Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield, to right an owl, (S.1213, BMC 498, SNG ANS 850) (illustrated); Spain, Castulo, (late 2nd century B.C.), AE 28, (9.61 g), obv. male head with diademed, hand before, dotted circle, rev. Sphinx to right, 'Kastulo' in exergue, (S.-, SNG BMC 2, 1323-1337, CNH 335/38). First with even brown patina, very fine and very scarce, second with green patination with uneven flan, fine and scarce. (2)
Ex Geoff St. Clair Collection.
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