199, Lot: 70. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Pyrrhos. 278-276 BC. Æ Litra (24mm, 10.04 g, 1h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; cornucopia behind / Athena advancing right, holding shield and spear; wreath to left. CNS 176; SNG ANS 845-6 var. (obv. symbol). Good VF, dark green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.