288, Lot: 98. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Litra (19mm, 6.60 g, 3h). Struck circa 217-215 BC(?). Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia / Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; uncertain letter(s) to lower right. BAR issue 75; CNS 194; cf. SNG ANS 978. VF, brown patina, areas of light porosity.
From the Greenpoint Collection.