- ID: 338

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1998-03-22

SICILY. Syracuse.
Hieron II, 274-216 B.C.

AV-drachm.
Av.: Head of Persephone to l., behind, corn ear.
Rv.: Biga to r., horses galloping.
4,36 g. c. 15mm.

BoC: 21/2, 1996/7, p. 20.

FAKE – This counterfeit, which goes back to the 1960s, is coarse, with shiny fields and artificially roughened surfaces on the head.