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Dritto Rovescio
Lot # 9209

SICILY, The Tyrrhenoi. Circa 357-336 BC. Æ Drachm (28.25 gm). TYPPH, head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet / Athena standing slighly left, holding long spear in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on the ground. SNG ANS 1167; Calciati pg. 307, 1; BMC Sicily pg. 238, 1; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Morcom -; Laffaille -; Virzi -. Good VF, dark greenish brown patina. Overstruck on a Syracusan drachm, Athena/Two dolphins, star (Calciati II pg. 111, 62), with the star and two dolphins visible on the obverse, and the bowl of Athena's helmet visible on the reverse. Very rare