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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 407109, member: 6229&quot;]<font size="5">Thought you might enjoy seeing a photo of a Silver coin that may be the first commemorative coin bearing a woman on the obverse.</font></p><p><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="5">Hieron II, King of Sicily (cir. 274-216 B.C.), was so in love with his wife, Queen Philistis, he did something no ruler had done before. She died during his reign and within months after her death, he had the Royal moneyer strike a Silver 16 Litrae with a diademed veiled head of her on the obverse of the coin. The reverse bears an angel-winged Nike driving a quadriga with the horses in slow funeral pace during the early morn before sun-up (moon crescent above horses) This reverse design depicts the faith of Hieron as he perceives it is his duty to her and to God to turn Philistis&#039; over to the Almighty. Sort of like the song beseeches, &quot;Swing low sweet chariot.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="5">Here&#039;s the images, courtesy of Coin Archives:</font></p><p><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com//img/freemansear/mbs15/image00036.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com//img/freemansear/mbs15/image00036.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com//img/freemansear/mbs15/image00036.jpg</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2"></font><font size="5">Hope you enjoyed this trivia...</font></p><p><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="5">Clinker</font></p><p><font size="5"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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