Description
Circa 440-416 BC. AR didrachm or nomos, 8.13 gr., 21.7 mm.
Obv.: hound scenting to the right on exergue line; border of dots.
Rev.: Σ[ΕΓΕ]ΣΤ Α ΖΙΒ (retrograde); head of nymph Aigeste to the right, wearing loop earring and necklace with lion’s head pendant; her hair rolled up over her ear and tied up at the back of her head with a band; all within a circular incuse.
Ref.: Hurter 147 (V44/R81, same dies); Buceti 11b (same dies); Rizzo pl. LXII, 1 (same dies); Dewing 668 (same dies); SNG ANS -; cf. HGC 2, 1140.
Very Rare. Well centered and lightly toned. Very Fine.
From the Jean Claude Bourgeois collection. Ex Poinsignon Numismatique (Strasbourg 2012), lot 34.
