Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 172. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.87 g, 3h). Struck circa 405 BC. Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left; four dolphins around / Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, two dolphins confronted. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, p. 66; SNG ANS 312 (same dies); Basel 483. VF, lightly toned, small flaw on nose. Very rare denomination.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.