384, Lot: 32. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Tetras (19mm, 5.68 g, 12h). Struck circa 263-218 BC. Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia / Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; ΣΩ to lower left. BAR Issue 60; CNS 197 R1 21; HGC 2, 1550. VF, dark brown patina, softly struck.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.