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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 402

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 6000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.21 g, 9h). Struck circa 218/7-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; AΦ above. CCO 216–9 var. (D2O/R– [unlisted rev. die]); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556. In NGC encapsulation 4372682-016, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Very rare issue with Åf, only 17 noted in CCO, missing from all major collections except for Berlin.

From the Grand Haven Collection. Ex New York Sale XXXIV (6 January 2015), lot 42; Noble 96 (5 April 2011), lot 4971.
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