393, Lot: 13. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.03 g, 10h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; grain ear behind / Nike driving galloping quadriga right; KI above, grain ear below. CCO 65 (D16/R42); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556. VF, some light roughness.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex MIT Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 250, 23 February 2011), lot 15.