★ A 20 litrai or tetradrachm from Syracuse ★

SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. 20 Litrai or Tetradrachm (Gold, 9 mm, 1.28 g, 11 h), circa 405-400. ΣΥΡA Head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Σ-Υ-Ρ-Α Quadripartite incuse square; in deeper incuse circle in center, small female head (Arethousa?) to left, wearing ampyx and pearl necklace. HGC 2, 1289. Rizzo pl. 48, 9. SNG ANS 351-4. SNG Copenhagen 683-4. SNG München 1084-5. Minor scrapes on the obverse and with light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 30, 13 July 2024, 147 and InAsta 73, 5 May 2018, 22.