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Silver coin of Philistis

-0269/-0216

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

This coin shows Hieron II’s wife Philistis. It is the earliest portrait of a named Sicilian woman on a coin.

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Title: Silver coin of Philistis
Date Created: -0269/-0216
Location Created: Syracuse, Sicily
Material: silver 
Copyright: The Trustees of the British Museum
British Museum website: 1866,1201.689

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