219, Lot: 193. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Litra (13mm, 0.68 g, 8h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 470-466 BC. Diademed head of Arethusa right / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIIIb, 449-67 var. (unlisted dies); SNG ANS 137-43. VF, porous.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.