BRUTTIUM. Rhegion. Circa 435-425 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 4.09 g, 12 h). Lion’s mask facing. Rev. RECIN-O-N Iokastos, bearded and draped from the waist, seated left on backless stool, holding long scepter in his right hand and left resting on hip; all within olive wreath. De Luynes 792 ( same dies ). Herzfelder 26n (D15/R22, this coin ). HN III 2478. McClean 1867 ( same dies ). SNG Copenhagen 1931 ( same dies ). SNG Leake 840-1 ( same dies ). SNG Lockett 653 ( same dies ). A desirable coin with a good pedigree, lightly toned and well-centered. A few light marks, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Künker FPL 121, July 1996, 11, from the collection of E. B. Cahn, Münzen und Medaillen 79, 28 February 1994, 79, ex Auctiones 20, 8 November 1990, 108, and from the Hofrat Hoffmann Collection, O. Helbing 52, 24 October 1927, 2610.