Lipara
Islands Off Sicily – Hemilitron – NGC AU ★ – Strike 5/5 – Surface 4/5
110 000€
Lipara
Islands Off Sicily – Hemilitron – NGC AU ★ – Strike 5/5 – Surface 4/5
110 000€
Fantastic coin with very nice strike. Exceptional for issue, the finest known.
Splendid brown green patina.
Example certified NGC : AU ★ (SUP+). Strike 5/5 - Surface 4/5. Highest grade.
Pedigree : Ex Triton XII (1/2009 ) 121 written on tag NGC.
NGC assigns its trademarked Star (★) Designation to coins with exceptional eye appeal for their assigned grade.
Hemilitron (6 globules), Lipara, 440-420 or 425-420 BC , weight 43,95 g, Ø 38 mm, 9 h)
References : BMC II (Sicily), p. 256, 5 – SNG Copenhague, II, Sicily 1084 - Calciati CNS I, p. 8, 4/4 (Paris, BnF 2221, 43,54 g, same dies) – Buceti I, p. 246, 6 (R4, 3 examples) (this photographed example) – O. Hoover HGC. 2/ 1761.
Metal composition : Copper 47,5 %, Lead 31,7 %, other : 20,8 %.
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Pedigree :
Example from Triton XII, New York, 6 January 2009, n° 121 ( described on the cover page as «Extraordinary Lipara Hemilitron»)
( Hammer price : 47.500 $ + 7.125 $ fees = 54625 $, based on an estimate : 20.000 $).
Delivered with luxury custom made box.