SICILY, Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 16 Litrai – Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.60 g, 11h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Diademed and veiled head left / Nike driving slow quadriga right; crescent above, KIΣ to right, grain ear below. CCO 80.1–2 corr. (D19/R53 [nos. 1 and 2 are the same coin]) = Burnett, Enna 41 (this coin); BAR Issue 65; HGC 2, 1554. Light iridescent tone, minor die wear, slight doubling and minor flan flaw on obverse. Good VF.
Ex Peus 299 (6 May 1980), lot 101; Schweizerische Bankverein 5 (16 October 1979), lot 127; 1966 Enna environs Hoard (IGCH 2232). Lot also includes a Baldwin's inventory ticket.