SYRACUSE SILVER 8 LITRAI – FIFTH REPUBLIC ISSUE WITH ATHENA AND THUNDERBOLT – NGC CH XF COLORFUL GREEK SICILY COIN (Inv. 21864)

$3,500.00

21864. SICILY. SYRACUSE. FIFTH REPUBLIC. Ca. 214–212 BC.
Silver 8 Litrai, 6.79 g, 21 mm.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena left. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, winged thunderbolt, ΞA below.
Burnett, “The Enna Hoard and the Silver Coinage of the Syracusan Democracy,” Revue Suisse 62, 1983, no. 95; SNG ANS 1045; HGC 2, 1414.
NGC CH XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “light marks,” “brushed,” lustrous, with golden highlights on obverse. A scarce and very beautiful coin that comes in two varieties: one with an elegant and Classical head of Athena, as here, and another where the goddess’ head is smaller and not well-engraved.