Rare Aitna Bronze

367, Lot: 156. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Aitna. 344-339/8 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (22mm, 10.88 g). Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right / Upright thunderbolt. Castrizio Series II, 1; CNS 7/2 (same dies). Near VF, dark brown patina, traces of undertype. Rare.

From the Camerata Romeu Collection. Ex J. Olphin Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 231 (14 April 2010), lot 7; Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 147.