SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AV 10 Litrai – Didrachm (10mm, 0.68 g, 6h). Struck circa 406 BC. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet; retrograde [ΣY]PA to left / Aegis with facing gorgoneion in center. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. 1, 5 (Dionysios I); HGC 2, 1290; SNG ANS 317 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 687 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1418; SNG Lockett 983 (same dies); Dewing 863 (same rev. die); Rizzo pl. XLVIII, 6 (same dies). Trace deposits, a little die rust, minor marks at edge, some doubling on obverse. Good VF.
From the Ramrodivs Collection. Ex Barry Murphy inventory 21673 (August 2013).
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