444, Lot: 19. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (27mm, 18.75 g, 12h). Struck circa 230-218/5 BC. Diademed head left / Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse prancing right; ΣΩ below. CNS 195 R1 31; BAR issue 62; HGC 2, 1548. Good VF, dark brown patina.

From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from Keith Candiotti, 17 January 2002.