Triton XVIII, Lot: 400. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.42 g, 3h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ [Φ]IΛIΣTIΔ[OΣ], Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; crescent above, [A to right]. CCO 213 (D19/R21); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1555; SNG ANS 876 (same dies); SNG Lloyd –; SNG Ashmolean 2108 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned, a hint of porosity, some light scratches under tone on reverse.