Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 43. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, "Kainon". Circa 365 BC. Æ 19mm (9.71 g, 11h). Griffin springing left; below, grasshopper left / Horse prancing left, trailing rein; star above. CNS 10; SNG ANS 1176 (Alaesa). Near VF, green and brown patina.

Not identifiable with a known mint in Sicily, the Kainon issues have traditionally been attributed to Alaisa. They may have been struck by mercenaries in the employ of Dione of Leontini.