Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 96. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. Æ 22mm (7.87 gm, 12h). Diademed head of Poseidon left / IER-WNOS, ornate trident-head flanked by two dolphins; small O to left of shaft. Calciati II pg. 371, 195; SNG Morcom 827 var. (monogram on reverse); SNG ANS 998; SNG Copenhagen 846 var. (same). Good VF, attractive light green patina, a few spots of encrustation. Fine style. ($250)