Lot 4588

Sale 104 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Sicily, Syracuse, period of Timoleon, (344-336 B.C.), AE hemilitron, AE 23, (13.05 g), obv. head of Zeus Eleutherios laureate to right, around **IEUS [ELEUQERI]OS*, rev. thunderbolt, eagle standing to right in right field, around **[S]URAKO SIWN*, (S.1192, BMC 313, SNG ANS 477-488, Calciati 71, Weber 1653). Dark brown tone, off centred obverse, small flan, otherwise good very fine and very scarce.