170, Lot: 20. Estimate $300. Sold for $305. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR Octobol (19mm, 5.38 g). Head of Athena left wearing crested Athenian helmet decorated with a serpent; uncertain symbol behind (possibly a Boeotian shield) / Pegasos flying right;
P below. Carroccio 16-25 (dies not listed); SNG ANS 868 var. VF, some peripheral encrustation and light surface roughness.