342, Lot: 67. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.41 g, 2h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; ear of grain to right / Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving fast quadriga right; KI above, ear of grain below. CCO 63.2 (D16/R40 – this coin, illustrated); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1555. Good VF, toned, a few die flaws and die rust.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Superior, 28 December 1989. Ex Lanz 44 (16 May 1988), lot 93.