Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 74. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AV 60 Litrai (4.27 g, 8h). Struck 218/7-215 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears; pendant behind / Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga left; E below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. Carroccio 73 (D33/R45); BAR Issue 55; SNG ANS 865-6 var. (same rev. die; different symbol on obv.); BMC 520 (same dies); SNG Tübingen 694 var. (same rev. die; same); Bement 547 var. (same rev. die; same). EF, some die wear, light scuff on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare with pendant symbol.