Sicily, Naxos AR Litra. Circa 460 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Grape bunch, NAXION around. Cahn 45; SNG Copenhagen 487; SNG ANS -. 0.60g, 11mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the same issue as the celebrated 'Aitna master' tetradrachms of Naxos, struck in commemoration of the refoundation of the city of Naxos following the return of its citizens from their forced relocation to Leontinoi by the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse.