HGC Plate Coin

372, Lot: 32. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Onkia (16.5mm, 4.36 g, 4h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 1st series, circa 344-339/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right / Octopus. Castrizio series I, 3; CNS 75; HGC 2, 1483 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, dark brown patina with blue-green dusting. Fine style. Extremely rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 203.