Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 191. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $710. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Time of Hieron II. 216-215/4 BC. AR Heptachalkon(?) (1.62 g, 6h). Struck in the name of the Syrakosioi. Subofficina EΛ. Tripod; palm frond to left, EΛ to right / Large XIIΠ. CCO 316 (D4/R3); BAR Issue 71; SNG ANS -; Hess-Leu, 12 April 1962, lot 124 (same dies). Good VF, find patina. Extremely rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.