Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 220. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 274-216 BC. AR 16 Litrai (13.53 gm). Circa 216-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head of Philistis left; grain ear behind / Nike in galloping quadriga right, holding reins in both hands; KI[S] before, grain ear below. Burnett, "The Enna Hoard," SNR 62, 41 var. (crescent); SNG ANS 882 var. (same). Toned EF, obverse die rust. ($750)
From the William N. Rudman Collection.