Rhegium
Tetradrachm circa 320-300, AR 16.99 g. Lion’s head facing. Rev. [ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ] Laureate head of Apollo l.; in field r., monogram YE. Herzfelder 117a (this coin). Giesecke pl. 2, 6 (this coin illustrated). Gulbenkian 148 (these dies). Jameson 2410 (these dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 100, 290 (these dies). Gillet 327 (this coin). AMB 230 (these dies). Historia Numorum Italy 2502.
Extremely rare, very few specimens known. A very impressive portrait struck in
high relief, minor marks on obverse and minor areas of porosity on
reverse, otherwise extremely fine

Ex Hirsch VII, 1903, 860; Leu/M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreud, 186 (expertly preserved since); Leu 76, 1999, 21; CNG 66, 2004, 92 and CNG 94, 2013, 66 sales. From the Charles Gillet and JMG collections.
In his 1957 study of the coinage of Rhegium, Hertzfelder divided the city’s tetradrachm coinage into three phases: the first pairs a facing lion’s scalp with the seated figure of Iocastus on the reverse, the second pairs a lion’s scalp with the head of young Apollo that typically faces right, and the third retains the lion’s scalp/Apollo head types, but in a different variety. The most important change in the third series is a markedly different style in the head of Apollo. Instead of the previous ‘heavy’ portrait, it is now thin and elegant; its form and detailing is not caricature-like, but is refined. The most obvious diagnostic difference is the transformation of Apollo’s hair from being gathered in a bun at the back of his head to having its full length run down the back of his neck.