Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 117. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Pyrrhos. 278-276 BC. Æ 23mm (11.70 g, 1h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion-skin; [club behind] / Athena Promachos advancing right, holding thunderbolt and shield; trident head to left. BAR issue 52; CNS 177 Ds69 Rs107; SNG ANS 847. Near EF, brown patina, die shift on reverse.

From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection.