Exceptional Mytistratos Hemilitron
SICILY, Mytistratos. 354/3-344 BC. Æ Hemilitron (29mm, 26.40 g, 10h). Bearded head of Hephaistos right, wearing pileus / Y M and six pellets within laurel wreath. Castrizio series I, 1 (D1/R1); CNS III 1 OS; SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd -; Pozzi 1133. Good VF, brown surfaces. Extremely rare mercenary issue. Exceptional for issue.
Mytistratos, probably located near modern Marianopoli, was a city in the interior of Sicily. It was settled by mercenaries, possibly from Lucania, who had served under Timoleon. All of its coins are bronze and are overstruck on other coin types, usually Syracusan bronzes.