Watch List notes:

Sicily, Syracuse, Pyrrhus. AE 21; Sicily, Syracuse, Pyrrhus; 278-276 BC. AE 21, 9.31g. Cf. SNG ANS-851 (without owl on rev.). Obv: Head of youthful Heracles l. wearing lionskin headdress. Rx: SYPA - KOSION Athena stepping r., brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield, owl in r. field. From the Philip Ashton Collection, purchased from Pegasi, May 2005. An interesting variant: in the ANS collection symbols appear on the reverse of this coin only when the ethnic is placed on the obverse, SNG ANS 844-50, not when the ethnic is moved to the reverse (SNG ANS 851-61). Our example has ethnic on reverse, but nevertheless adds the owl symbol in field, like SNG ANS 650 which however has ethnic on obverse.Olive patination. EF

Estimate: $150