Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 71. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Himera. Circa 479-409 BC. AR Litra (0.63 g, 3h). Archaic head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet / Pair of greaves; I-M[EP-A]-ION around. Gorini, Gruppo 18; SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd 1030; Rizzo pl. XXI, 14; SNG Ashmolean 1769. EF, find patina, a little porous. Rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.