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- ID: 337
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-03-22
SICILY. Syracuse.
Hieron II, 274-216 B.C.
AV-drachm.
Av.: Head of Persephone to l., behind, poppy head.
Rv.: Biga to r., horses galloping.
4,23 g. c. 15mm.
Ref.: cf. Gulbenkian 352.
BoC: 21/2, 1996/7, p. 19.
FAKE – A good example of a wave of recent counterfeits which hit the market early 1996.