144, Lot: 37. Estimate $100. Sold for $123. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-216 BC. Æ 26mm (15.89 g). Diademed head left; torch behind / IERWNOS, horseman galloping right, with lance pointed forward; AP monogram below. CNS II pg. 377, 195 DS 50 = VIrzi 1844 (this coin); SNG ANS -. VF, attractive dark green patina, small flaw on cheek.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Malloy Auction 17 (December 1980), lot 471; Thomas Virzi Collection, 1844.