SICILY - SYRACUSE, reign of Hiero, 274–216 - Lot 5

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SICILY - SYRACUSE, reign of Hiero, 274–216 - Lot 5
SICILY - SYRACUSE, reign of Hiero, 274–216 Veiled head of Queen Philistis wearing a diadem, facing left. Behind the nape of the neck, an ear of wheat. R/. ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ / ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ / crescent. A quadriga of horses driven at a gallop to the right by Victory. On the horses’ chests, KIΣ. Below, an ear of wheat. ♦ HGC 1554 16-litra silver tetradrachm. (13.31 g) Beautiful patina. Very fine/Superb. Queen Philistis is known from her coins and from an inscription at the theater in Syracuse, where she appears alongside Queen Nereis, wife of Gelon, the son of Hiero II.
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