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- ID: 985
Submitter: Federico Pastrone
Added: 2001-04-20
SICILIA.
Aitna.
AR-Tetradrachm.
Av.: Bald, bearded head of Silenos to r., wearing ivy wreath.
Rv.: Zeus enthroned to r., holding sceptre and thundebolt, to r., eagle sitting on top of tree.
17,75 g.
Ref.: BoC 23/1-2, 1998, p. 5, 1a, cf. Rizzo, pl. 9, 17.
FAKE – A poor copy of the famous, unique, Brussels Aitna. The Silenos head requires no comment and the original´s reverse has been transformed into the obverse.