Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 171. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Drachm (3.82 g, 3h). Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 405 BC. Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left; four dolphins around / The hero Leukaspis advancing right, holding shield and spear; altar behind; to right, ram lying on its back; ΛEYKAΣΠIΣ in exergue. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. II. 17; SNG ANS 308-11. VF, toned, surfaces a little rough. Rare.