Object name: Coin: silver 32 litrai / Function: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 32 litrai, accession number 8-5533, described as Coin; AR; 32-litrai; Greek. 29.2 grams, 33 mm. Hieron II, 274-216 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: Head of Hieron l.; behind, Φ. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ, chariot of four horses galloping r. driven by Nike; above, star of 8 rays. Remarks: "imitation of silver," "No clear sign of 'star of eight rays'" "(farther forward than in Fitzw. volume 1, plate 104, 14).