SICILY, Alontion. Circa 241-210 BC. Æ 19mm (6.34 gm). Male head left wearing Phrygian helmet / ALONTINWN, man-headed bull standing left with water flowing from its mouth; crab in exergue. SNG ANS -; Calciati I pg. 67, 2; BMC Sicily pg. 30, 5; SNG Copenhagen 144; SNG Morcom -; Laffaille, "Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze," 51 (this coin); Laffaille 134 var. (no crab); Virzi 749. EF, dark green, almost black, patina. Very rare. Probably the finest known example of this type. ($2000) Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 142. Lot sold for USD 1650. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com