CNG 88, Lot: 37. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.35 g, 12h). 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). Good VF, toned, minor flan flaw on in field on obverse, slight die shift on reverse.