Triton XVI, Lot: 229. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 20 Litrai – Tetradrachm (11mm, 1.15 g, 5h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; [ΣY]-PA before / Quadripartite incuse square, Σ-Y-P-A in quarters; in deeper incuse circle in center, small female head (Arethusa?) left, wearing necklace. Bérend pl. XI, 3; Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. I, 6; Rizzo pl. XLVIII, 9; SNG ANS 351; SNG Lloyd -; Dewing 865; Pozzi 1263. Choice EF, lustrous.