★ A beautiful quarter stater of Timoleon and the Third Democracy ★

SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy, 344-317 BC. Quarter Stater (Gold, 13 mm, 2.14 g, 6 h), circa 339/8-336. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; to left, thunderbolt. Rev. Pegasos flying right; below, ΣΩ. HGC 2, 1283 corr. (obverse symbol). McClean 2782. Pozzi 1299 ( same dies ). SNG Lloyd 1439. A very rare variety. An attractive coin with a beautiful head of Zeus. Very fine.

From the Hestia Collection, formed over the past five decades, privately acquired before 2005.