Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 315. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Tauromenion. Circa 211 BC or later. AV Tetradrachm (1.05 g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right; omphalos behind / Tripod; monogram to right. BAR issue 8; SNG ANS 1120 (same dies). Good VF, a few light marks. Remarkably well struck on an unusually broad flan for issue.