444, Lot: 17. Estimate $300. Sold for $365. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (19.5mm, 6.88 g, 8h). Struck circa 275-269/5 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears; poppy head behind / Bull charging left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS 191 Ds89 R1 12; BAR Issue 53; HGC 2, 1469. EF, dark green-brown patina, minor flan flaw on obverse.

From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from Keith Candiotti, 14 January 2005.