★ Very rare and of beautiful late Archaic style ★

SICILY. Naxos. Circa 510-493 BC. Litra (Silver, 10 mm, 0.69 g, 8 h). Head of bearded Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath; all within border of dots. Rev. NAX-ION Bunch of grapes; all within border of dots between two linear circles. Buceti 6. HGC 2, 968. Cahn, Naxos, Group II, 50 (V36/R42). Very rare. Nicely toned and of beautiful late Archaic style. Slightly rough and with minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of Dr. med. Cora Flinsch (1920-2022), ex Sternberg XVI, 15-16 November 1985, 55.