SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Hemilitron (20.5mm, 7.72 g). Good Fine.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 79. Estimated: $ 1 000

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SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Hemilitron (20.5mm, 7.72 g). Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left; vertical thunderbolt to right, [ZEYΣ] EΛEY[ΘEPIOΣ] around / Swastika; [ΣYPAKOΣ]I[ΩN] around. CNS 83/3 = SNG Spencer-Churchill 63 = Virzi 1560 (this coin); HGC 2, 1458; SNG ANS 542; SNG Evelpidis 612–3; SNG Morcom 719. Rough dark green-brown patina. Good Fine. Extremely rare.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 734; Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1204; Thomas Virzi Collection; Capt. C. E. Spencer-Churchill Collection (Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933), lot 824 (his SNG published in 1931).


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session One – Lot 1-337 will be held Tuesday morning, 9 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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