Signed Phrygillos

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 65. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Hemilitron (3.67 g, 2h). Obverse die signed by the artist Phry(gillos). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone signed ΦPY on the back; dolphin downward behind / Wheel of four spokes; dolphins in lower quarters. Cf. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 25; CNS 19 fr 4; Favorito type 75 (c. 425-420 BC); SNG ANS 412-3. VF, dark green patina, a little rough. Rare.