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Auction: 382 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 493

The Robert P Ball Cabinet of Ancient Coins | Sicily, Naxos, AR Didrachm, c. 415-403 BC, youthful laureate head of Apollo right, NAXION before, behind laurel leaf with berry, rev. nude and bearded Silenos seated left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsus in left, herm to right, ithyphallic element out of strike, ivy and tendril to left, 4h (Cahn 110, dies V73/R91; Rizzo Pl. XXVIII, 26 same dies; SNG München 763; SNG Lloyd 1158; SNG Lockett 844 same dies; de Luynes 1068; Boston MFA, 309 these dies; Campana 20; Jameson 681; Hirsch 514; Warren 276), slightly flat to high points and off-centre obscuring phallic element of herm, nevertheless lightly toned, about very fine, a great rarity

Provenance
Bank Leu, by private treaty, 1993 - CHF5,500

Sold for
$12,000

Starting price
$8000