Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1727 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,400
SICILY, Leontini, (475-466 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.20 grams), obv. naked horseman cantering right holding whip and bridle, line border, rev. lion's head to right, with open jaws, around four corn ears, around partial **L*EONTINON retrograde legend, (S.826, BMC 13, SNG ANS 207-210 [similar dies], SNG Cop 338-340 [similar dies]). Good metal, very fine and rare.
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Lot 1725
SICILY, Gela, (c.490-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.24 grams), obv. naked horseman to right wearing crested ...
Estimate $500
Lot 1726
SICILY, Gela, (c.490-480 B.C.), silver didrachm, (7.94 grams), obv. naked horseman to right wearing crested ...
Estimate $700
Lot 1727 This lot
SICILY, Leontini, (475-466 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.20 grams), obv. naked horseman cantering right holding whip ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 1728
SICILY, Segesta, (480-461 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.155 grams), obv. hound standing to left, rev. head ...
Estimate $600
Lot 1729
SICILY, Selinus, (466-415 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.34 grams), obv. **S*ELINOTION (partly retrograde around), naked Hercules, ...
Estimate $1,200