GREEK COINS
SICILY
Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. Hemistater or Drachm (Gold, 15mm, 4.32 g 10), c. 217-215. Head of Persephone to left, wearing grain ear wreath and pendant earring; behind head, cornucopiae. Rev. ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ Charioteer driving biga galloping to right; below, pellet. Cf. Goldberg 72, 4031 ( same obverse die ). A very rare variant. Struck from rusty dies and with some double-striking on the reverse, otherwise , about extremely fine. From a European collection formed in the 1990s.