Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.58 g, 6h). Struck circa 240-218/5 BC. Diademed and veiled head left; grain ear to right / Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving fast quadriga right; KI above, grain ear below. CCO 62.4 (D16/R39 – this coin, illustrated); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554; BMC 548 (same obv. die); Hirsch 738 (same dies); Ward 338 (same dies). Attractive old cabinet tone, small edge split. Near EF.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Stack's, 14 January 2008), lot 2131; Stack's (10 June 1996), lot 163; Galerie des Monnaies [Lausanne] 11 (15 March 1970), lot 411; Münzen und Medaillen AG 37 (5 December 1968), lot 157.