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A work made of bronze.

Coin Portraying King Hieron II

274-216 BCE (Reign of Heiron II)

Greek

Syracuse

The front of this coin portrays King Hieron of Syracuse.

On the back a man, wearing armor, is shown riding horseback.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium