393, Lot: 12. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Hemilitron (26mm, 18.73 g, 1h). Struck 240-218 BC. Diademed head left; uncertain symbol to right / Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse prancing right; NI below. Cf. BAR issue 62; cf. CNS 195; HGC 2, 1548. VF, black patina. Possibly an unrecorded variety.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex D. Alighieri Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 210, 13 May 2009), lot 7.