293, Lot: 18. Estimate $100. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Litra (13mm, 0.68 g, 8h). Struck circa 470-466 BC. Diademed head of Arethusa right / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIIIb, 449-67 var. (unlisted dies); SNG ANS 137-43; HGC 2, 1375. VF, porous.

Ex D. Alighieri Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 219), lot 193.