Pyrrhus Sicily Syracuse

The king that won all the battles , but lost the war.

 

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That's a wonderful bronze of Pyrrhus!! Congrats!!
Terrific eye-appeal !!!!!

I'm still after one of these.....

 

Nice, and very green! An issue of Pyrrhus is pretty high on my want list.

 

Its a great coin, love both the portrait and reverse.

 

Of course he lost the war. All his wins were pyrrhic victories.

 

Lovely coin from the one king I do not yet have represented in my Syracusian collection.

 

Terrific coin !
Wonderful patina, I'm as green as the coin...with envy

Q

 

Sweet coin, Andres2 ...

Wow, I love the warm eye-appeal (congrats on adding a great coin)

Ummm, I also have an example of this fella ...

SICILY, SYRACUSE - PYRRHUS AE
278-276 B.C.
24 mm
10.6 gm
Obverse: Head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin
Reverse: Athena Promachos in archaic dress, walking right, holding shield and thunderbolt



I love my coin because it has the sweet reverse-legend, but I'm a total fan of your coin's style (congrats)

 

Very nice coin steve , like the the full city name , on my coin the SY has fallen off the edge.
This Sicily Akragas crab/eagle came in today from France, a bit more expensive,but
it has 6 animals depicted, almost a complete zoo

 

Gorgeous example, Andres2 (I am very jealous of that OP-winner)

Ummm, I have a humble example with a sweet ol' countermark banged into 'er ... wanna see?

SICILY, Akragas. Æ Hemilitron
Late 5th century BC
Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 14.71 grams
Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare
Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse
Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM
Other: 11h .... countermark VF, green patina. Well preserved undertype.
From the Edgar L. Owen Collection

 

WOW!! That's a gorgeous coin ...and SIX animals!! That's got to be Steve's next purchase!

 

A Pyrrhus of Epirus thread: an opportunity for me to post a coin I recently acquired.



Uncertain mint, Bruttium, AR Didrachm c 278-275 BC under Pyrrhos, 21mm, 6.66g, 3h. OBV: Bust of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress with paws tied at neck and holding club over left shoulder / REV: Nike standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in right hand. Historia Numorum Italy---; SNG ANS---; SNG Copenhagen---; BMC---. Apparently unique and unpublished.
Purchased July 17, 2016, Naville Numismatics Ltd. Auction 24, lot 75.
From the Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) collection.
The obverse type is that of Teanum Sidicinum (HN Italy 451-452), while the reverse type is that of Hypponium bronze issues (HN Italy 2258-2261).

 

@ancientnut
That is a superb coin. The obverse and reverse are both great.

 

Beautiful Sicily Akragas coin Andres2, I won one on the just closed biddr. auction nowhere near as good as yours, but have always wanted one ever since I was on vacation and checked out the valley of temples most built around 600-500 BC, and was told by the tour guide about the crab being there city symbol, below is a pic of one of the better preserved temples, and my coin that apparently will take up to four weeks to receive.

 

Great coin, AA. Would like one of those too in time.

 

Neat coins. The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento is even neater! Must visit if you're in Sicily.