*This coin comes with certificate of authenticity* Greek Rare! Sicily, the Tyrrhenoi Æ 21mm. Circa 354-336 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right; TYPPH before / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in right hand and resting hand on grounded shield to right; [M] in right field. CNS III, 2; SNG ANS 1408; HGC 2, 1658. 9g, 20mm, 2h. About VF, dark patina. In 384 Dionysios I of Syracuse raided the south coast of Etruria and returned to Sicily with a band of Etruscan soldiers who had surrendered. He probably settled them in the vicinity of the Sileraioi, near present-day Alimena. Here these Etruscan mercenaries struck coins naming themselves as the Tyrrhenoi - the Greek exonym for the Etruscans (their own name for themselves being Rasenna). This mercenary mint ceased to mint coinage overstruck on Syracusan drachmae when the Tyrrhenoi were wiped out by Timoleon in the 330s BC. The lot could be subject to additional costs such as customs clearance and the costs of import duties. Please note that these costs fall to the buyer. A34