Watch List notes:

Sicily, Amestratos Æ17. Late 3rd – early 2nd centuries BC. [ΑΜΕΣ]ΤΡΑΤΙΝΩΝ, head of Hephaistos right / Horse galloping right. Unpublished in the standard references. 4.10g, 17mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Nothing is known of the settlement of Amestratos before 1st century BC when it served as a depot for grain despoiled from Kalakte by the rapacious Verres.