Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 98. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Hemilitron (16.71 g, 4h). Struck circa 230-218/5 BC. Diademed head left / Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse prancing right; uncertain mark below. CCO period IIb; BAR issue 62; cf. CNS 195; Favorito type 63; cf. SNG ANS 923-63. VF, dark brown patina, insignificant minor pitting.