Description
Circa 440-416 BC. AR didrachm, 8.70 gr., 24.2 mm.
Obv.: hound scenting to the left on exergue line; border of dots.
Rev.: ΣECΕΣTΑΖΙ Β (retrograde); head of nymph Aigeste to the right, wearing loop earring and necklace with pendant, hair tied at the back of the head; all within shallow incuse circle.
Ref.: Hurter 141b (V42/R76, this coin); Buceti 9 (this coin illustrated); SNG Fitzwilliam Museum 1141 (same dies); BMC Sicily 132, 22 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1177 (same obverse die); HGC 2, 1139 (same dies).
Beautiful toning. Small weakness on nymphs’ head. Very Rare. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Ex J. Elsen 61 (Brussel 2000), lot 60. A Hurter plate coin.
