CNG 99, Lot: 39. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 BC. AV 60 Litrai – Dekadrachm (16.5mm, 4.24 g, 1h). Struck circa 279/8 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN to left, poppy to right, ΘE below neck / Nike driving biga right; moon above, Θ below. Buttrey, Morgantina, dies 2/D; BAR issue 41; HGC 2, 1277; SNG Fitzwilliam 1362 (same dies); BMC 431 (same dies); Walcher de Molthein 689 (same dies). Good VF, removed from mount, usual die rust and slight die shift on obverse, mark on reverse.