From the Suter Collection
342, Lot: 68. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon, son of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 4 Litrai – Drachm (16.5mm, 3.35 g, 11h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed head left / eagle standing right on thunderbolt; K to left, BA to right. CCO 288 (D4/R3); BAR Issue 67; HGC 2, 1563; SNG Fitzwilliam 1411 (same dies); BMC 535 (same dies); Kampmann p. 31 (this coin). Good VF, iridescent toning.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Peter M. Suter Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 89, 14 June 2000), lot 106.