219, Lot: 194. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Litra (10mm, 0.64 g, 11h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 470-466 BC. Diademed head of Arethusa right / Octopus. Boehringer Series XIIIb, 449-67 var. (unlisted dies); SNG ANS 137-43. VF, toned, deposits.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.