Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 155. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Litra (0.70 g, 2h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 470-466 BC. Diademed head of Arethusa right / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIIIb, 449-67 var. (unlisted dies); SNG ANS 137-43. Near EF, dark find patina, minor die break on reverse.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.