Sale: Triton V, Lot: 259. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas . 287-278 BC. Æ 22mm (10.62 gm). SURAKOSIWN, wreathed head of Persephone left; ear of grain behind / Female, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga of horses right; star above, small T below reins. SNG ANS 759 var.; Calciati II pg. 260, 123 var.; SNG Copenhagen 802 var.; SNG Morcom 770 var.; Favorito 54; Laffaille 240 var.; Virzi 1719ff var. Good VF, dark greenish brown patina, some encrustation and minor corrosion. Apparently an unrecorded variant with the T on the reverse and no letters in the exergue. ($300)