REPRODUCTIONS, SICILY. Syracuse. Philistis, wife of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Reproduction PB '16 Litrai – Tetradrachm' (29mm, 21.56 g, 6h). By Peter Rosa from dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1837). Diademed and veiled head left; eight-rayed star to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ above, ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ below, Nike driving slow quadriga right; eight-rayed star above; K to right.. Cf. Hill, Becker 27. Toned. As made.
From the Dr. Stephen J. Antonello Collection, purchased from Elwood Rafn, 7 November 2008.