★ From the Burel Collection. ★
Bruttium, Rhegium.
Tetradrachm circa 415-400, AR 24 mm, 17.21 g. Lion’s mask facing. Rev. PHΓINON Laureate head of Apollo r.; behind, two olive leaves. Herzfelder 95. Historia Numorum Italy 2496.
Rare. A portrait of fine style struck on sound metal, wonderful old cabinet tone. Metal
flaws on obverse, possible traces of overstriking and an area of weakness on reverse,
otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Rollin & Feuardent 11 June 1913, Burel, 45 and CNG 100, 2015, 1258 sales. From a Friend of a Scholar collection, purchased from Maison Platt in 1987.
Price realized | 15'000 CHF 6 bids |
Starting price | 8'000 CHF |
Estimate | 10'000 CHF |