294, Lot: 250. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.74 g, 8h). Struck circa 218/7-214 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; torch behind / Nike driving galloping quadriga right; E to lower right. CCO 49.13 (D12/R31 – this coin); BAR Issue 65; SNG ANS 884; SNG Ashmolean 2107; Ward 337; Weber 1707 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, light obverse die wear.

Ex Peus 326 (1 November 1989), lot 105.