‡ Italy, Bruttium, Rhegium, tetradrachm, c. 415-387 BC, lion’s head facing., rev., ΡΗΓΙΝΟΝ, laureate head of Apollo right; behind neck, olive-sprig, 16.75g, die axis 12.00 (Herzfelder 91b, pl. X, this piece; SNG Lockett 658, same obverse die; SNG ANS 663; HN Italy 2496), toned, some porosity, extremely fine and in high relief Provenance: Charles Butler collection, Sotheby’s, 3 July 1911, lot 61; Naville V, 18 June 1923, lot 757; R. Ratto, 4 April 1927, lot 319; V.J.E. Ryan collection, part 3, Glendining, 24 November 1950; Hess Leu, 27 March 1956, lot 54; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 8000-10000