318, Lot: 39. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.72 g, 7h). Struck circa 218/7-214 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; grain ear behind / Nike driving galloping quadriga right; KI above, grain ear below. CCO 65 (D16/R39); BAR issue 65; SNG ANS –; BMC 548 (same obv. die); Burnett, Enna 43; HGC 2, 1554. VF, rough surfaces.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.