250, Lot: 15. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.03 g). 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 -; Burnett, Enna 43. VF, some light roughness.

From the MIT Collection.