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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. AV Tetradrachm – 2 Didrachms (10mm, 1.35 g, 2h). Reverse die signed by Silanos. Near EF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
Description
SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. AV Tetradrachm – 2 Didrachms (10mm, 1.35 g, 2h). Reverse die signed by Silanos. Eagle standing left, snake clasped in its talons, on rock outcropping; AKPA above, two pellets (mark of value) on rocks / Crab; below, ΣIΛA/NOΣ in two lines (boustrophedon). Westermark, Coinage 1011.15 (O11/R3 – this coin); HGC 2, 75; SNG Copenhagen 52 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 518 = Weber 1195 (same dies); BMC 2 (same dies); Boston MFA 237 (same dies); Dewing 570–1 (same dies); de Luynes 844 (same dies); McClean 2039 (same dies). Slightly off center on reverse. Near EF. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1990. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIV] (18 October 1990), lot 470; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 96; Santamaria (6 April 1908), lot 136.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session One – Lot 1–287 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1990. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIV] (18 October 1990), lot 470; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 96; Santamaria (6 April 1908), lot 136.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session One – Lot 1–287 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
