SICILY. Tauromenion. Circa 304-289 BC. 4 Litrai or Drachm.
SICILY. Tauromenion. Circa 304-289 BC. 4 Litrai or Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 3.18 g, 3 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, star. Rev. TAYPOME-NITAN Tripod with three ring handles, ornamental volutes below the bowl and legs ending in lion's paws. BAR Issue 11. HGC 2, 1575. SNG ANS 1121. SNG Ashmolean 2130. SNG Copenhagen 931. Beautifully toned and of fine early Hellenistic style, and with a rich history. Minor flan fault on the obverse and with a small die break on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the Jim Gilman Collection, Kirk Davis FPL 65, Spring 2015, 11, ex Classical Numismatic Group 81, 20 May 2009, 193, from the collection of C. S. Bement, Naville VI, 28 January 1924, 571 and ex Hirsch XXXII, 14-15 November 1912, 406 (there acquired by Spink)
CHF 2’750.00

