TYPE Ancient Greece, Solus (Sicily), 4th c. BC, bronze AE11, 3.21g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of young Herakles in lion-skin to right Rev: Hippocamp swimming left, wing curled REFERENCE: Pl 1311 var., SG 1180 var., BMC 1 var., L3 27 var. GRADING: AVF, brown patina, possibly unpublished denomination of scarce type ORDER INFO: G3043, $78 Apart from the generally scarcer nature of early Solus bronzes, the present specimen differs from nominal type published in major references consulted by a considerably smaller (though thick - 11mm vs. ca. 18mm) flan, and the direction of the reverse hippocamp.