| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30014 Price realized: 9,000 USD (Approx. 8,204 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients SICILY. Syracuse. Hieron II (ca. 275-215 BC). AV decadrachm or 100 litrai (15mm, 4.29 gm, 10h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, brushed. Ca. 269-263 BC or 217-215 BC. Head of Persephone left with long flowing hair, one bunch tied at base, wreathed with grain ears, wearing pendant earring and beaded necklace; poppy to right / IEPΩNOΣ, charioteer driving fast biga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left. Gulbenkian 352. SNG ANS -. Impeccably detailed, wonderfully centered, and pristine. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Baldwins, Fixed Price List (26 May 2010), lot AG013. Hieron II was a military adventurer who fell in with the army of Pyrrhus during his great Western expedition of 280 BC. When Pyrrhus pulled out of Syracuse in 275 BC, Hieron remained behind as commander of the garrison. He cannily married Philistis, daughter of a prominent Syracusan noble, and a major victory against the Mamertines in 270 BC convinced the grateful populace to name him King. He reigned for the next 55 years with strength, intelligence, and justice. His gold coinage follows Syracusan tradition, with the wreathed head of Persephone on this lovely piece recalling the coinage of his predecessor Agathocles. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-sicily-syracuse-hieron-ii-ca-275-215-bc-av-decadrachm-or-100-litrai-15mm-429-gm-10h-ngc-ms-5-5-/a/3113-30014.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-15000 USD |  |
