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SICILY.
Class C. TFzYZs. inscr. SiYPAKO^IOI rEAflNO^ and portrait of Gelon.
Head of Gelon diademed.
Id.
Head of Hieron or Gelon.
Biga . . . . Ad 108 grs. = 8 litr.
Eagle on fulmen Ad 54 grs. = 4 litr.
SYPAKOCIOI XII . ... . . .
Id.
Al 13-5 grs.= 1 litr.
^YPAKO^IOI rEAGNOC XII . .
13-5 grs.— 1 litr.
Class D. With inscr. BASJAIS^AS <P IAI TI A 0 and portrait of Philistis.
Fig. iio.
Head of Philistis veiled.
Id.
Id.
I Quadriga . Ad 243 grs. = 20 litr.(?).
Id. (Fig. no) Hl 216 grs. —16 litr.
I Biga . . . Ad 6p% grs. = 5 litr.
The head of Queen Philistis, the wife of Hieron, on these coins should
be compared with that of Arsinoe on the contemporary Egyptian
coinage. Whether the Gelon of the coins is the son of Hieron, who died
before his father, or whether it is intended to be a portrait of the
original tyrant of that name, regarded in the light of the deified founder
of the royal house, is doubtful. The use of Roman numerals at Syracuse
before the capture of the city by the Romans is proved by the litrae
reading SYPAKO^IOI rEADNOS XII. Cf. bronze coins of Rhegium and
the Mamertini of the same date, also with Roman numerals. The silver
litra marked XII must have been valued at 12 copper litrae, or litrae of
account (Head, op. cit., p. 74).
Class E. Gold and Silver, with inscr. SI K E AI AT A N.
Head of Demeter veiled.
Id. [B. M. Guide, Pl. XLVI. 34.]
Biga .... A 67-5 grs. = 60 litr.
Quadriga Ad 108, 54 and 27 grs. = 8, 4,
and 2 Litrae.
On all the coins of this class there is a monogram composed of the
letters I and which may stand for I EPANOS— SYPAKOSIAN.
On the conclusion of the First Punic War, b. c. 241, when Sicily was
divided between the Romans and Hieron, the coins with this inscription
were probably struck for circulation throughout the dominions of the
latter.
Bronze coins, reading I EPAN OS.
Head of Hieron.
Id.
Biga.A 14
Armed horseman 2E i-o
SICILY.
Class C. TFzYZs. inscr. SiYPAKO^IOI rEAflNO^ and portrait of Gelon.
Head of Gelon diademed.
Id.
Head of Hieron or Gelon.
Biga . . . . Ad 108 grs. = 8 litr.
Eagle on fulmen Ad 54 grs. = 4 litr.
SYPAKOCIOI XII . ... . . .
Id.
Al 13-5 grs.= 1 litr.
^YPAKO^IOI rEAGNOC XII . .
13-5 grs.— 1 litr.
Class D. With inscr. BASJAIS^AS <P IAI TI A 0 and portrait of Philistis.
Fig. iio.
Head of Philistis veiled.
Id.
Id.
I Quadriga . Ad 243 grs. = 20 litr.(?).
Id. (Fig. no) Hl 216 grs. —16 litr.
I Biga . . . Ad 6p% grs. = 5 litr.
The head of Queen Philistis, the wife of Hieron, on these coins should
be compared with that of Arsinoe on the contemporary Egyptian
coinage. Whether the Gelon of the coins is the son of Hieron, who died
before his father, or whether it is intended to be a portrait of the
original tyrant of that name, regarded in the light of the deified founder
of the royal house, is doubtful. The use of Roman numerals at Syracuse
before the capture of the city by the Romans is proved by the litrae
reading SYPAKO^IOI rEADNOS XII. Cf. bronze coins of Rhegium and
the Mamertini of the same date, also with Roman numerals. The silver
litra marked XII must have been valued at 12 copper litrae, or litrae of
account (Head, op. cit., p. 74).
Class E. Gold and Silver, with inscr. SI K E AI AT A N.
Head of Demeter veiled.
Id. [B. M. Guide, Pl. XLVI. 34.]
Biga .... A 67-5 grs. = 60 litr.
Quadriga Ad 108, 54 and 27 grs. = 8, 4,
and 2 Litrae.
On all the coins of this class there is a monogram composed of the
letters I and which may stand for I EPANOS— SYPAKOSIAN.
On the conclusion of the First Punic War, b. c. 241, when Sicily was
divided between the Romans and Hieron, the coins with this inscription
were probably struck for circulation throughout the dominions of the
latter.
Bronze coins, reading I EPAN OS.
Head of Hieron.
Id.
Biga.A 14
Armed horseman 2E i-o