Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2417 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $200
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SOLD $150
SICILY, Panormus or ZIZ (Punic for Panormus), (410-400 B.C.), Copper hemilitron, (13.728 grams), obv. cock to right, rev. six pellets, (S.1155, Calciati I, p.269 No.1, Weber 1487, SNG Cop. 516, McLean 2494). Attractive dark patina, off centred on obverse, very fine and rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group (CNG) Sale 41, March 19, 1997 (lot 243) and then CNG Sale 49, March 17, 1999 (lot 140). Kraay (The Bronze Coinage of Himera and 'Himera' in Annali dell'Istituto Italiano di Numismatica. Supp. to volume 25, Naples 1979), discusses the chronology of this series in conjunction with the similar coinage of Himera (see example in this sale) and places the issue in the last decade of the 5th century. He lists the weight of 26 examples in public and private collections, probably about 50 examples survive today.
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