CNG 100, Lot: 10. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 10 Litrai – Didrachm (9.5mm, 0.65 g, 12h). Struck circa 405 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet; ΣVPA (retrograde) to left / Aegis with facing gorgoneion in center. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. 1, 5; HGC 2, 1290 (Second Democracy); SNG ANS 316; SNG Lloyd 1418; Dewing 863; Jameson 817; Rizzo pl. 48, 6. Good VF, light marks on obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 62.