Triton XVIII, Lot: 398. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.60 g, 11h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; star to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; star above, K to right. CCO 120 (D8/R30); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1555; SNG ANS 880 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1545 (same obv. die); SNG Tübingen 696 (same obv. die); BMC 555 (same obv. die). EF, toned, light scratches under tone on reverse.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Sunrise Collection (Triton X, 9 January 2007), lot 101; New York Sale IV (17 January 2002), lot 89.