342, Lot: 66. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (28mm, 18.42 g, 9h). Struck circa 230-218/5 BC. Diademed head left; to right, swan standing right, head left / Horseman riding right, holding spear; HP monogram below. CNS 195 var. (unlisted control marks); BAR Issue 61; HGC 2, 1548. VF, dark brown-green surfaces.

From the RH Collection.

The swan symbol is recorded for the issue with the laureate head obverse, CNS 193 Ds 33.