Sale: Triton V, Lot: 194. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. Circa 411-408 BC. Æ Hemilitron (2.74 gm). Head of the nymph Pelorias right, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; three dolphins around / MESSA-N-I-ON, trident head, scallop shell on either side, hare left. Caltabiano 671 (D19/R22); SNG ANS-; Calciati I pg. 51, 11; BMC Sicily pg. 107, 72 var.; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Morcom 615 var.; Laffaille 175 var.; Virzi 1156. Good VF, glossy dark brown patina, some minor roughness. ($400)