Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 189. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Time of Hieron II. 216-215/4 BC. AR Hemidrachm(?) (2.17 g, 12h). Struck in the name of the Syrakosioi. Officina Φ. Laureate head of Apollo left / Female standing facing, head left, veil billowing out, holding scroll and filleted palm frond; Φ to lower left. CCO 303 (D5/R3); BAR Issue 69; SNG ANS 904 (same dies). Good VF, find patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.