CNG 85, Lot: 204. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.33 g, 3h). Struck circa 218/7-214 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; grain ear behind / Nike driving galloping quadriga right; KI above, grain ear below. CCO 65 (D16/R42); BAR Issue 65; SNG ANS -; BMC 548 (same obv. die); Nanteuil 396 (same obv. die); Ward 338 (same obv. die). EF, lightly toned, some die rust, small scratch on obverse, die shift on reverse. Good metal.