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 | 240 BC - 215 BC |
| Value | 16 Litrai |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 13.59 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 399515 |
| References | SNG ANS 5# 884 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. , 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. Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany.Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Weber# 1707 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). John Ward, George Francis Hill; 1902. Greek coins and their parent cities. John Murray, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Diademed and veiled head left; torch to right.
Reverse
Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving fast quadriga right; E below horses.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ
E
Mint
Syracuse, ItalyComments
CCO 49 (D12/R31); BAR Issue 65.
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Past sales
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CNG Auction 121 Lot 143 
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6 Oct 2022 | XF |
USD 2500.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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CNG Triton XXVII Lot 84
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9 Jan 2024 | VF |
USD 2250.00
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