Islands off Sicily, Lipara Æ Tetras. Circa 420-400 BC. Young Hephaistos, nude, seated right on stool, holding hammer in right hand and kantharos in left / Three pellets (mark of value); [ΛIΠ]APAION around. CNS 17; BMC 44; Laffaille 265; Virzi 2108; HGC 2, 1766. 4.38g, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private European collection.