Watch List notes:

Electrotype: Sicily, Syracuse AR 16 Litrai. British Museum electrotype; stamped MB (Latin initials for Museum). Philistis, wife of Hieron II, circa 216-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head of Philistis left, filleted thyrsos behind / Nike driving slow quadriga to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ above, ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ below, A to right. Head, Guide V C, 31, pl. V, c.31; for prototype, cf. CCO - (D17/R15 [unlisted die combination]); BAR Issue 65; BMC 553 (same rev. die); Winterthur 989 (same). 13.86g, 26mm, 7h.

Condition as Seen.

Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.