Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 59. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Abakainon. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Litra (0.68 g, 11h). Head of nymph facing slightly left / Sow and piglet standing left on double exergual line; ABA above. Bertino pl. XII, 21; SNG ANS (Part 5) 1293 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 779 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. LIX, 4-5; Jameson 496. Good VF, traces of find patina. Excellent metal. Exceptional for issue.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.