Rare Massive Bronze of Hieron II
Ex Freedman and Virzi

CNG 105, Lot: 37. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Tetralitron (34mm, 36.41 g, 6h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Diademed head left / Nike driving galloping biga right; N below. CNS 196, R1 4 = Virzi 1838 = M. Laffaille, Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze (Rolle, 1982) 89 (this coin); BAR Issue 62; Puglisi 341; HGC 2, 1546. Good VF, black patina, light smoothing on the obverse and some encrustation around the devices. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 115; David Freedman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 265; J. Malter 1 (9 November 1973), lot 64; Tom Virzi Collection.