455, Lot: 22. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Naxos. Circa 461-430 BC. AR Litra (11mm, 0.68 g, 9h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch on vine; leaf hanging at each side, leaf to lower right. Cahn 63 (V46/R54); Campana 9a; HGC 2, 969. Toned, some granularity and roughness, a few scratches. VF. Fine style. Rare.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased Autumn 1999.