Triton XXI, Lot: 353. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 20 Litrai – Tetradrachm (10mm, 1.16 g, 9h). 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; Dewing 865; Pozzi 1263; Rizzo pl. XLVIII, 9. EF, underlying luster, minor double strike.
Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 63; Waddell 65 (1 January 1995), lot 3.