327, Lot: 386. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Entella. L. Sempronius Atratinus. Circa 36 BC. Æ Quadrans (17mm, 5.07 g, 11h). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; ATPATIN[O-Y] around / Grape bunch. Campana 23; CNS 18; HGC 2, 242; RPC I 654. Fine, brown patina.

From the Continental Collection.

The name of Atratinus also appears on issues of Lilybaeum (RPC 655), Sparta (RPC 1101), Antony’s ‘fleet coinage’ struck in Greece (RPC 1653-61), and an uncertain mint in northwest Asia Minor (RPC 2226).