SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.60 g, 1h). Struck circa 240-218/5 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; grain ear to right / Nike driving slow quadriga right; crescent above, KIΣ to right, grain ear below. CCO 71 (D17/R48); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554. Deep iridescent collection tone, hairline flan crack, some die wear and light mark on obverse, small die break on reverse. EF.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XVII.4 (1992 Fourth Quarter), no. 37.