CNG 97, Lot: 34. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Morgantina. Circa 339/8-317 BC. Æ Litra (26mm, 17.84 g, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena right; behind neck guard, retrograde Γ above owl / Lion right, devouring head of stag; monogram below. Erim & Jaunzems 6.7 (O3/R6); CNS 1; HGC 2, 904; SNG ANS 466 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 473 (same dies); SNG München 745 (same dies); McClean 2455 (same dies). VF, attractive green patina, some light encrustation. Rare.

From the Trinacria Collection. Ex Aretusa 2 (13 May 1994), lot 103.