★ From the Flinsch, Lockett, Pozzi and Rhousopoulos Collections, pedigreed to 1905 ★

SICILY. Segesta. Circa 475/70-455/50 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 8.60 g, 8 h). The river-god Krimisos, in the form of a hunting dog, standing right, on the scent. Rev. ΣECEΣTA 𐤆IBΕΜΙ Head of the nymph Aigeste to right, wearing hairband and with her hair bound up in a krobylos; all within shallow circular incuse. BMC 5 = ACGC 847 ( same dies ). HGC 2, 1114. Hurter 30c ( this coin, V7/R18). N. K. Rutter, The Mysterious Segestans, in: Pour Denyse, Divertissements Numismatiques, 2000, pl. 20, 3 ( this coin ). SNG Lockett 850 ( this coin ). SNG München 838 ( same dies ). Nicely toned and with an illustrious pedigree. Slightly rough and with minor areas of horn silver and light marks, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Dr. med. Cora Flinsch (1920-2022), ex Sternberg XXIX, 30-31 October 1995, 37 and Spink & Son 108, 7 March 1995, 8, from the collection of R. C. Lockett, Glendining, 25 October 1955, 733, and from the collections of Prof. S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 521 and A. Rhousopoulos, Hirsch XIII, 15 May 1905, 361.