Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 308. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $435. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Drachm (33.38 g, 12h). Struck circa 380 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath / Sea-star between two dolphins. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. III, 34; CNS 62; SNG ANS 455. VF, attractive green and light brown patina, cut on reverse.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.