Triton XVIII, Lot: 399. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.15 g, 6h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; grain ear to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣA[Σ] ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; [A to right]. CCO 202 (D14/R14); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1555; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; Ars Classica XV, lot 414 (same dies). Good VF, a hint of toning around the devices, a little off center. Very rare issue with grain ear and A, only two examples noted in CCO.

From the RH Collection.