Attractive 50 Litrai

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 160. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $4700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 50 Litrai (2.90 g, 9h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Young male head left / Horse prancing right. Bérend 3.5 (O2/R1 – this coin, illustrated on pl. X); SNG ANS 342 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. 50, 14 (same obv. die); Jameson 826 (same obv. die). EF, underlying luster, obverse a little off center.

From Collection C.G. Ex Glendining (13 December 1963), lot 156.