Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 109. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $905. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY. Syracuse. Lot of eight Æ. All coins: Dionysos I. 405-367 BC. Æ Hemilitron. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa left, with or without earring(s); olive leaves behind / Dolphin right above shell. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 28; CNS 24; Favorito type 15 (Second Democracy, c. 425-420 BC); SNG ANS 415-25. Includes the following varieties: a) 3.56 g, 3h // b) 2.54, 10h // c) 3.06 g, 6h // d) 3.42 g, 8h // e) 3.96 g, 10h // f) 3.14 g, 11h // g) 3.43 g, 5h // h) 3.25 g, 9h. Average Fine to VF, some roughness. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eight (8) coins in lot.

a) Illustrated by Boehringer. Ex Vecchi 15 (15 June 1999), lot 109 // b) Ex T. Virzi Collection (Malloy XVII, 1 December 1980), lot 363 // c) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 37 (20 March 1996), lot 2822 (part of).