Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 81. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Drachm (3.94 g, 8h). Struck circa 410-405 BC. Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left; four dolphins around / The hero Leukaspis advancing right, holding shield and spear; altar behind; to right, ram lying on its back; [LEUKASPIS in exergue]. Cf. Boehringer, Finanzpolitik pl. 38, 6; SNG ANS 311 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Rare.