★ From the collection of Viscount Wimborne and ex Leu 2, 25 April 1972, 118 ★

SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy, 344-317 BC. Diobol (Silver, 13 mm, 1.35 g, 1 h), Attic standard. ΣΥΡAKOΣ-IΩN Head of Athena facing slightly to left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet and pearl necklace. Rev. Nude youth on horseback to right; above, star. CNG 106 (2017), 106 ( same dies ). Nanteuil 372 = Sambon & Canessa (19 December 1907), 391 ( same dies ). Ratto (16 May 1935), 205 ( same dies ). Triton XVIII (2015), 395 ( same dies ). Extremely rare. Beautifully toned, sharply struck and perhaps the finest of apparently just five known examples. Nearly extremely fine.

From the Kleinkunst Collection and from the collection of Viscount Wimborne (as 'Outstanding Collection'), Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 114, and ex Leu 2, 25 April 1972, 118.