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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 144

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 8000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.05 g, 1h). Struck circa 218/7-214 BC. Diademed and veiled bust left; branch to left / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔ[OΣ], Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; A to lower right. CCO 184.4 (D1/R1 – this coin); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1556; de Luynes 1371 (same dies); McClean 2911 (same dies). Lightly toned, a couple minor laminations along edge, slight die wear. EF. Fine style.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Roma XXI (24 March 2021), lot 50; Hess-Leu 28 (5 May 1965), lot 108.
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