Lot 844
REPRODUCTIONS, SICILY. Naxos. Circa 420-403 BC. Cast “AR Didrachm” (20.5mm, 6.03 g, 9h). Derived from an electrotype. As made.
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$80
Est.
$100
Bids: 3
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Description
REPRODUCTIONS, SICILY. Naxos. Circa 420-403 BC. Cast “AR Didrachm” (20.5mm, 6.03 g, 9h). Derived from an electrotype. Youthful head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; olive leaf and berry behind, NAΞIΩN to right / Silenos, nude and bearded, squatting half-right, head left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsos in left, tail behind; ivy branch to left, ithyphallic herm to right. Head, Guide –; GPCG –; cf. Cahn 110 (for prototype). Toned. As made.

Ex Collection of St. Olave’s Grammar School, Kent.


Closing Date and Time: 26 April 2023 at 14:41:00 ET.

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