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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientnut, post: 2713274, member: 73212&quot;]Segesta, Sicily, AR didrachm, c 412-400 BC, 21mm, 8.59 g, 6h. OBV: Hound advancing right, on the scent; wheat stalk with three grain ears in background; ΣECEΣTAZIB below, between exergual lines / REV: Head of the nymph Segesta right, hair tied in simple ribbon and gathered up into a knot over nape of her neck; EΓE-ΣT-AIOИ around. Hurter, <i>Didrachmenprägung</i> 193a (V60/R108) = Basel 401 = F. Imhoof-Blumer, “Nymphen und Chariten auf griechischen Münzen” in <i>JIAN</i> 11 (1909), 104 (obverse) = Carl Adolph Gottlob von Schachmann, <i>Catalogue raisonné d&#039;une collection de médailles</i> (Liepzig, 1774), p. 55 (this coin); Mildenberg, <i>Kimon</i> 18; HGC 2 1152 (R1); SNG ANS 643 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1186 (same dies); Kraay &amp; Hirmer 200 (same obverse die); Pozzi 530 = Rhousopoulos 367 (same dies).</p><p>Purchased 6 January 2015, Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Triton XVIII, Lot 37.</p><p>From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich.</p><p>Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 13, 8 October 1998, “Basel Art Museum” (from the Athos D. Moretti [1907-1993] Collection, which was exhibited there), Lot 401.</p><p>From Schloss Friedenstein (Gotha, Germany) Collection.</p><p>Ex: Carl Adolph Gottlob von Schachmann [1725-1789] Collection, Catalogue raisonné d&#039;une collection de médailles, Liepzig, 1774, p. 55.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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