Puzzling Countermarked Hemilitron
Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysios I to Dionysios II. AE Hemilitron (host coin), c. 375-344 BC. Obv. [ΣΙΡΑ] Head of Athena left, wearing helmet decorated with olive-wreath; On face and helmet, countermarks in rectangular incuse. Rev. Hippocamp left. Cf. HGC 2 1456; Cf. CNS II 41. 9.01 g. 20.00 mm. RR. Very rare and apparently unpublished. Earthen green brown patina. Host coin Fair/Worn, countermarks. Good VF.