Triton XVIII, Lot: 386. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 20 Litrai – Tetradrachm (11.5mm, 1.16 g, 6h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; ΣY-PA to left / Quadripartite incuse square, Σ-Y-P-A in quarters; in deeper incuse circle in center, small female head (Arethousa?) left, wearing necklace. Bérend pl. XI, 3; Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. I, 6; HGC 2, 1289; SNG ANS 351; SNG Lloyd –; Basel –; Dewing 865; Pozzi 1263; Rizzo pl. XLVIII, 9. EF, underlying luster, slight die shift and some tiny marks on obverse, die flaw on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Goldberg (7 June 2000), lot 3061.