Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 107. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Drachm (32.33 g, 2h). Struck circa 380 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath; ΣYPA before / Sea-star between two dolphins. Boehringer, Finanzpolitik, pl. 39, 44; CNS 62; SNG Morcom 697; SNG ANS 455; SNG Lloyd 1452; Rizzo -; Basel 494. Near EF, dark green patina, minor smoothing. Impressive and well struck on a broad flan.