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16 Litrai - Philistis
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 274 BC - 212 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philistis was the wife of Hieron II, who ruled Syracuse as king from around 270 BC until the Roman sack of the city in 212 BC — one of the longest reigns in Sicilian history. Her appearance on a silver issue of this denomination is unusual for the period; Syracusan coinage had long centered on civic and divine imagery, and the decision to place a queen consort so prominently reflects Hieron's deliberate cultivation of a Hellenistic dynastic model, borrowing the royal vocabulary of the Ptolemies and Seleucids.
The 212 BC terminus is absolute — the Roman siege under Marcellus ended the mint's output entirely.