16 Litrai - Philistis

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
King	Hieron II (275 BC - 215 BC)
Queen	Philistis (275 BC - 215 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	218 BC - 214 BC
Value	16 Litrai
Currency	Litra
Composition	Silver
Weight	13.5 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 276124
References	SNG ANS 5# 888 Denyse Bérend; 1988. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 5. Sicily 3 (Syracuse-Siceliotes). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Copenhagen# 824 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 2# 1554 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , SNG Munich 5# 1350 Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , Burnett Enna# 41 Andrew Burnett; 1983. The Enna Hoard and the Silver Coinage of the Syracusan Democracy. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft.

Obverse

Diademed and veiled bust of Philistis to left; behind, long torch.

Reverse

Nike driving quadriga galloping to right; above, crescent with points upwards; to right, KIΣ; below horses, grain ear.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ
KIΣ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

CCO 70 (D17/R47); BAR Issue 65.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (218 BC - 214 BC)								$ 4200

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