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CNG 94, Lot: 133. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.06 g, 1h). Struck circa 240-218/5 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; grain ear to right / Nike driving quadriga right; crescent above, KIΣ to right, grain ear below. CCO 69 (D17/R46); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554; SNG Copenhagen 824 (same dies); BMC 549 (same dies). Good VF, bright surfaces, some minor roughness, slight die shift and flan flaw on reverse.


From the Robert M. Harlick Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 154 (13 December 2006), lot 9.