Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.08 g, 7h). Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 405 BC. Head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing ornate triple-crested Attic helmet and necklace; ΣΥ-Ρ-Α-Κ-ΟΣΙ-[ΩΝ] and four dolphins around / The hero Leukaspis, nude but for crested helmet, holding shield forward on left arm, right arm holding spear forward at his waist, advancing right; lit and garlanded altar in background; to right, forepart of ram lying on its back left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣ-[ΙΩΝ] around, [ΛE]YKAΣΠ[IΣ] in exergue. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. II. 17; HGC 2, 1364 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG ANS 309-10 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1396 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 420 = Warren 388 (same obv. die); Dewing 861 (same rev. die); Gillet 625 (same obv. die). VF, toned. Excellent metal for issue.


Ex David Herman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 84.