CNG 84, Lot: 131. Estimate $500. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off SICILY, Lipara. Circa 425 BC. Æ Onkia (20mm, 7.47 g, 6h). Head of Aiolos right, wearing pileos / Pellet (mark of value) between Λ and I. Manganaro, Vittoria 128bis-48; CNS 7; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 14-5. VF, dark green patina. Rare.

From the J. Olphin Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 360.

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.