Sale: Triton X, Lot: 101. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai (13.60 g, 11h). Struck circa 216-215 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; star to right /
BASILISSAS FILISTIDOS, Nike driving galloping quadriga right, holding reins in both hands; star above, K to right. Burnett,
Enna 34-36 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 880 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1545; Gulbenkian 354. EF, toned, light mark in field on reverse.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex New York Sale IV (17 January 2002), lot 89.