110, Lot: 16. Estimate $75. Sold for $54. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Hemilitra (9mm, 0.31 gm). Struck circa 420 BC. Head of Arethusa right, hair enveloped in sakkos drawn together at top / Wheel. Boehringer -; SNG ANS -. Near VF, porous. Very rare issue.

The fractional issues of Syracuse have been very poorly recorded. Boehringer recorded a few specimens, but many series and many dies were overlooked.