Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 175. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $665. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Drachm (34.01 g, 2h). Struck circa 380 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath / Sea-star between two dolphins. Boehringer, Finanzpolitik, pl. 39, 44; CNS 62; SNG ANS 455. VF, dark green-brown patina. Choice for issue.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.