SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.57 g, 1h). Struck circa 218/7-214 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left / Nike driving walking quadriga right; crescent above. CCO 213 (D21/R19); BAR Issue 65; SNG ANS 876 (same dies). EF, toned, minor flan flaw on cheek. Great metal.
Ex Stack’s (8 December 1993), lot 2066.
