Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 110. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY. Syracuse. Lot of two Æ. Includes: a) Dionysos I. 405-367 BC. Æ Tetras (1.76 g, 5h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa facing slightly left / Octopus. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 27; CNS 29; Favorito type 8c (Second Democracy, c. 425-420 BC; this coin, illustrated); SNG ANS 385-8 // b) Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Onkia (2.91 g, 5h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage, circa 344-339/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left, grain ear behind / Octopus. Castrizio Series I, 3; CNS 75; Favorito type 9 (c. 343-336 BC); SNG ANS -. Very rare. Average Fine, rough surfaces. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.

b) Ex W. Phillips 33 (23 August 1997), lot 586.