144, Lot: 38. Estimate $100. Sold for $98. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-216 BC. Æ 27mm (15.19 g). Diademed head left / IERWNOS, horseman galloping right, with lance pointed forward; monogram below. CNS II - ; VIrzi 1846 (this coin); SNG ANS -. Near VF, attractive dark green patina. For some reason this monogram was not recorded by Calciati.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Malloy Auction 17 (December 1980), lot 470; Thomas Virzi Collection, 1846.