444, Lot: 18. Estimate $100. Sold for $257. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (22mm, 8.25 g, 1h). Struck circa 263-218 BC. Head of Zeus left, wearing tainia / Ornate trident head flanked by dolphins; Φ to lower left. CNS 197 var. (unlisted issue with Φ only); BAR Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550. VF, green-brown patina, some roughness, minor die shift on reverse.

From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 18 January 2003.