Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2052 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $100
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SOLD $60
SICILY, Syracuse, Timoleon, (344-336 B.C.), AE litra, (32.30 grams), obv. **[SU]RA above, head of Athena to left wearing Corinthian helmet bound with olive wreath, rev. starfish between two dolphins, (S.1189, BMC 287, SNG ANS 454-469). Attractive very fine and a scarce variant.
SNG ANS attribute this coinage to the beginnings of the fourth century B.C. and indicate that the denomination is a drachm (not a litra). The attribution above is the traditional one based on Sear, 'Greek Coins and their values'.
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