Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 4 Litrai – Drachm (18mm, 4.43 g, 9h). Officina E. Struck circa 216-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; palm frond to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ [Φ]IΛIΣTIΔOΣ, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving fast biga left; E to left. CCO 221 (D2/R2); HGC 2, 1557; SNG ANS 893; SNG Copenhagen 827; SNG Lloyd 1546; SNG München 1360; Bement 556; Dewing 959; McClean 2918; Weber 1708 (same dies). Good VF, toned, a few minor deposits.


Ex J. Olphin Collection (CNG Inventory 851490, August 2009); Dr. Frank J. Novak Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 94; Edward Gans 16 (1960), lot 210.