★ Earliest Stiela litra! ★

SICILY. Stiela. Circa 450-430 BC. Litra (Silver, 14 mm, 0.74 g, 6 h), c. 400. Apollo, nude, standing left holding phiale in his right hand and branch in his left; to left, altar potent on step. Rev. ΣΤΙΕΛΑΝΑΙΟΝ Forepart of a man-headed bull to right. Buceti 1. HGC 1270. Manganaro, JNG XXXIV (1984), pl. 7, 90 ( this reverse die ). Rizzo pl. lx, 17 ( this reverse die ). Very rare; Toned. Very fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of A. D. Moretti, Triton III, 30 November 1999, 254.