Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
8 litra-piece of Syracuse with veiled head of Philistis (?) as Demeter
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 214 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 6.70 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number68.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Veiled head of Philistis as Demeter to left, wearing wreath of barley.
At right, leaf.
Reverse: Quadriga driven by Nike to right.
Monogram above. Inscription in Greek in exergue.
At right, leaf.
Reverse: Quadriga driven by Nike to right.
Monogram above. Inscription in Greek in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1967: with Bank Leu & Co. A.G., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Bank Leu & Co. A.G., January 10, 1968