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Auction: 4018 - The Coinex Auction
Lot: 11

The Sikeliotes, Morgantina (?) (c. 214-213 B.C.), AR 12 Litrae, 9.30g., laureate head of Zeus left, rev. ØikeËiÙtan, winged thunderbolt, monogram above (E. Sjöqvist, Numismatic Notes from Morgantina, I, The ØikeËiÙtan Coinage, ANSMN 9, 1960, pp. 53-63, -; Morgantina Studies II: The Coins, -; Burnett, " The Enna Hoard", SNR 62 -; SNG ANS -; cf. Giessener Munzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, Auction 60, 5 October, 1992, lot 43 (DM 49,500), a little light porosity, purple-grey tone, good very fine, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-3,000 E. Sjöqvist (1960), lists only four series of coins of The Sikeliotes, one in gold (Head of Kore / biga) and three in silver (head of Kore / biga, head of Kore / quadriga, and head of Zeus / horseman). All these series have as a common feature the inscription ÓikeËiÙtan and the "enigmatic" monogram iÓ. This very rare issue belongs to a different series, and the types are borrowed from the contemporary coinage of Hieron II and Hieronymos.

Sold for
£1,500