Triton XX, Lot: 79. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.56 g, 5h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; wreath to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; Φ above. CCO 168 (D11/R22); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556; SNG ANS 874 (same dies); Boston MFA 475 = Warren 410 (same obv. die); Burnett, Enna 26 (same dies); Jameson 878 (same obv. die). Good VF, attractive even gray tone with golden hues around the devices, slight die shift on obverse. Well centered.