1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide LXIII (3-4 May 2025)
  3. Greek Coins
Lotto 151:
Sicily. Kamarina. AR Tetradrachm, c. 425-405 BC. Obv. Athena driving galloping quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning Athena with wreath; in exergue, heron flying left. Rev. KAMARINAION, bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. SNG ANS 1203; SNG Lloyd 864-5 (same dies); HGC 2 520; Westermark & Jenkins 138; Gulbenkian 172 (same dies). AR. 17.09 g. 27.5 mm. R. Obverse struck with a worn die. An impressive specimen featuring Herakles with the lion skin, executed in a refined Greek style. VF. The minting of these impressive tetradrachms, the finest series struck, lasted only until 405 BC, as the mint ceased operations when the city’s inhabitants were evacuated to Syracuse before the destruction of the city due to the Carthaginians.
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