SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.48 g, 6h). 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. Lightly toned, flan crack, some die rust. EF. Well centered.
From the David J. Fleischmann Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind. Ex Superior (3 December 1999), lot 1428.