Details
LOT 3070
Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 240-215 BC.
Diademed head to left / Cavalryman on horseback to right, holding couched lance; ΣΩ below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. CNS 195, R1 31; HGC 2, 1548. Very Fine.(17.63gr, 26mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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