Modern Reproduction: Sicily, Syracuse AR 15 Litrai – Tridrachm. Time of Hiketas II, circa 287-278 BC. Head of Kore to left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace; bee to right / Nike, holding kentron in extended right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga to left; star of eight rays above, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN in exergue. For prototype, cf. HGC 2, 1349; Jameson 872; Gulbenkian 346-7; SNG Lockett 1008; BMC 436-7. 12.75g, 25mm, 9h.
Condition as seen. An excellent reproduction of a very rare and desirable type.
From a private Welsh collection.