Lot 3195

Sale 79 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Dionysios the Elder, (c.405-380 B.C.), gold twenty litra or tetradrachm, (1.148 grams), obv. head of young Herakles to left, wearing lion's skin, to left downwards **S* [YP]A, rev. incuse square, quartered with **S* - V /P - A, in centre a female head to left, (S.947 [£500 VF], BMC 135 [p.215], SNG ANS 350-356). nearly extremely fine, scarce.

Ex J & P O'Connor, Town Hall Arcade, Sydney, November 1981.

Estimate
$1,000
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$1,600

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