Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 238. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $710. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy or Dionysios I. Circa 405 BC. AR Litra (0.74 g, 6h). Head of Arethusa right, hair in band; barley grain behind / Octopus. SNG ANS -; SNG München 1132 corr. (barley grain, not dolphin). Good VF. Very rare type with barley grain.

Unlike the types with dolphins on the obverse, the issues with barley grains are quite rare, and their types could fit with the issues at the end of the Second Democracy or the first issues of Dionysios I.