272, Lot: 10. Estimate $75. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Ameselon. After 339/8 BC. Æ Hemilitron (13mm, 2.35 g, 1h). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos that is tied under chin / Forepart of Pegasos right. Cammarata, "La zecca ennese," Ennarotary I (1987), pl. 3, M; SNG ANS -; Calciati III -; BMC Sicily -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Morcom -; Laffaille -; Virzi -. Near VF, dark green patina, some light roughness. Rare.

Attributed on the basis of find spots and style to the community of mercenaries established at the town of Ameselon near Henna, this coin belongs to the troubled period following the collapse of the empire of Dionysos II and the successive liberation of Dion and Timoleon.