MORGANTINA SIKELIOTES SILVER 8 LITRAI – SCARCE PERSEPHONE HEAD & QUADRIGA TYPE – HIGHEST GRADED MINT STATE NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY PROVENANCED COIN (Inv. 21409)

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21409. SICILY. MORGANTINA. THE SICELIOTES, ca. 215–212 BC.
Silver 8 Litrai, 6.73 g., 22 mm.
Obv. Veiled head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain, leaf in right field. Rev. Nike driving quadriga right, IΣ monogram above, ΣIKEΛIΩTAN in exergue.
SNG ANS 1168; SNG Lloyd 1578; Gillet 694; Gulbenkian 362 = Bement 557; Jameson 885.
Ex Southern Collector, acquired from Vilmar Numismatics in 2017, ex CNG Triton XX 1/10/2017 lot 64 and previously ex Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung 62, 4/20/1993, lot 33.
NGC MINT STATE, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, a scarce emission in superlative grade, best graded in the NGC census.