CNG 84, Lot: 130. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off SICILY, Lipara. Circa 425 BC. Æ Hexas (22mm, 14.95 g, 1h). Head of Aiolos right, wearing pileos / Two pellets (mark of value) above and below ΛΙΠ. Manganaro, Vittoria 100bis-25; CNS 6/2; SNG Copenhagen 1087. Good VF, green patina. Rare.

From the J. Olphin Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 131.

Aiolos was the god of the winds in Greek mythology. He was associated with the group of islands between Sicily and Italy, which were appropriately named the Aiolian Islands, of which Lipara was the largest and most important. In fact, Aiolos himself supposedly resided on the island of Lipara, hence his representation of their coins.