Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1029. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Litra (0.77 g, 5h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 470-466 BC. Diademed head of Arethusa right / Octopus. Boehringer series XIIIa, 426 var. (O-/R304 [unlisted obv. die]); SNG ANS 132-3. EF, toned, a hint of porosity. Exceptional for type.