A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

• scription
B.C. 280-190. 86
32. Syracuse. Hiero II. M. Obv. Head of Athena. Eev.
lEPHNOZ. Pegasus. Wt. 85-5 grs.
These coins, with Corinthian types, belong to the
earlier years of Hiero's reign.
33. Syracuse. Philistis. M. Obv. Head of Philistis, veiled.
Jiev. BAZIAIZZAZ c|>IAIZTIAOZ. Nike, in quadriga. Wt.
209-5 grs.
Philistis, only known from her coins, and from an inin
the theatre at Syracuse, was probably the
wife of Hiero. The coins of this queen are among the
most beautiful of the period to which they belong.
34. Sicily. JR. Obv. Head of Demeter, veiled, and wearing wreath
of corn. Hev. ZIKEAIOTAN. Nike, in quadriga; above,
monogram, which may stand for the name of Hiero of Syracuse.
Wt. 104-3 grs.
After the conclusion of the First Punic War, B.C. 241, the
whole island of Sicily was divided between Hiero and
the Komans. These coins were probably struck for the
dominions of Hiero outside the territory of Syracuse.
Plate 47. 35. Syracuse. Hieronymus, B.C. 216-215. M. Obv. Head
of Hieronymus, diademed. Hev. BAZIAEOZ lEPHNYMOY.
Thunderbolt. Wt. 313-6 grs.
36. Syracuse, B.C. 215-212. Af. Obv. Head of Athena. Bev.
ZYPAKOZiriN. Artemis (huntress), with bow and arrow, quiver,
and hound. Wt. 42 grs. (Authenticity doubtful.)
37. Syracuse, B.C. 215-212. JR. Obv. Head of Zeus. Hev.
ZYPAKOZIQN. Nike, in quadriga. Wt. 210-4 grs.
38. Syracuse, B.C. 215-212. M. 06u. Head of bearded Herakles,
in lion's skin. i?er. ZYPAKOZIQN. Nike, in biga. Wt. 78-6 grs.
39. Syracuse, B.C. 215-212. M. Obv. Head of Persephone,
crowned with corn; behind, owl. Bev. ZYPAKOZION. Nike,
in quadriga. Wt. 108 grs.
After the assassination of Hieronymus, in B.C. 215, a
republic was proclaimed at Syracuse. Nos. 36-39 were
struck during the period which intervened between thia
date and the capture of the city by the Romans under
M. Marcellus, in B.C. 212