Lot 1737

Sale 69 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Sicily, Syracuse, Dion, (357-354 B.C.), AE 24, hemilitron, (16.358 grams), obv. Zeus Eleutherios head to right wearing wreath, around **IEU[S ELEU]QERIOS*, rev. thunderbolt, eagle standing right in field, around traces of **SURAKOSIWN* (S.1192, BMC 313, SNG ANS 105). Attractive mottled green and black patina, good very fine.

Ex Stacks, New York, Sale December 2-3, 1998 (lot 143).