Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 94. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 BC. Æ Litra (9.05 g, 5h). Struck circa 282-278 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, [A above] star. CNS 168 Rs 96; SNG ANS 804. EF, dark brown patina, double-struck on reverse. Exceptional strike.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.