357, Lot: 31. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (22mm, 9.06 g, 4h). Struck circa 263-218 BC. Head of Poseidon right, wearing tainia / Ornamented trident head; flanked by dolphins downward, Z to left of trident base. BAR Issue 60; CNS 197 R1 15; HGC 2, 1550. Good VF, brown surfaces. Impressive portrait. Very rare control mark.

From the Camerata Romeu Collection.