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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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776
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Sicily, Syracuse, Hiero II (274–216 BC). 16 litrai in the name of Philistis, widow of Hiero II ND (240–215 BC), Syracuse.
Obverse. Head of Philistis, wearing a diadem and veiled, facing left.
Reverse. ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ / ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ. Quadriga walking to the right, driven by Victory standing on the right; letters ΑΦ above.
HGC 2, 1556 v. – M. Caccamo Caltabiano / B. Carroccio / E. Oteri, Siracusa ellenistica – The ‘royal’ coins of Hiero II, his family and the Syracusans (1997), 182, 218; Silver – 13.57 g – 25.5 mm – 9 h
NGC Ch XF 5/5 4/5 (6645988-011).
This variety, featuring ΑΦ on the reverse, is rare and not listed in reference works. Fine reliefs, slightly scuffed on the obverse. Slight wear on the high reliefs. Attractive patina. Superb.
Queen Philistis is known for her coins and for an inscription at the theatre in Syracuse, where she appears alongside Queen Nereis, wife of Gelon, the son of Hiero II
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