Ancients => Giddy-up, Hiketas-II

Yah, well James Bondesque dudes like the two of us just know when to pull that trigger at exactly the right moment, eh?



thanks AJ

 

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Sicily, Syracuse
Hieron II 275-269 BCE
AE 15, 3.6g
OBV: Head of Persephone l
REV: Bull butting RIGHT, club above

However, what is COOL, the two of them started HORSING around when @TIF 's friend was added into my collection!



TIF says that HER bull will win... I am not sure: my original Black Angus is a FIGHTER!!!

 

Oh, and fantastic Syracuse examples, my coin-friends ...

=> please keep 'em coming!! (hey, I'm gonna be posting mine, so we can trade blows!!)

great examples, Alegandalf

 

Whaaaaaat? Dark Side of the Moon wine? How did I not know of this?! Who makes it, what varietals or blends, and is it good?

Dear Santa...

 

Ehhh, the bottle is by far the best thing about that wine ... I drank it, ummm does that count for anything?

 

Syracuse? ... well okay ...

Syracuse Heiron I Tet, AR Tetradrachm
480-466 Bc
Quad/Nike & Arethusa w. Dolphins



Syracuse, Sicily AR Litra
466-460 BC
Arethusa & Octopus



Syracuse, Sicily, AE Hemilitron
410-405 BC
Arethusa & Wheel with Dolphins



Syracuse, Sicily, AE Drachm
405-367 BC
Athena & Dolphins Around Sea Star



Syracuse, Sicily, AE Litra
390 BC
Athena & Hippocamp



Syracuse, Sicily, AE18
357-344 BC
Female head & Dolphin/Scallop




Syracuse Timoleon, AE Hemidrachm
344-317 BC
Zeus & Thunderbolt with Eagle



Syracuse, Sicily Agathokles, AE24
317-289 BC
Herakles & Lion



Syracuse, Sicily Pyrrhus AE24
278-276 BC
Heracles & Athena Promachos



Syracuse, Sicily, Hieron II, AE21
275-216 BC
Poseidon & Trident/Dolphins

 

I wouldn't mind having one just for the bottle.

 

...if I had to drink one for the bottle...

 

Fantastic Posts Steve!!!

I'll just add a modest example I picked up a few days ago...Hey, it is a Greek coin LOL

Caria, Rhodes, a 'Helios' drachm:

 

That is a beautiful coin... Really strikes me.

 

I'd also buy their Grateful Dead Wine, though I'm really not sure about The Police's Synchronicity Wine .

 

Secret ingredient: mushrooms?

 

Would that be SMURF mushrooms to REALLY make it fun???

 

And I forgot to post the Persephone Obverses side-by-side since the Reverse Bulls were duking it out!

 

Sicily, Syracuse
AE20, 5.1g; c. 274-216 BC
Obv.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Laureate head of Apollo left.
Rev.: Pegasus flying left; below, Δ.
Reference: SNG ANS 647. Calciati 85.

 

that's a lovely AE stevex, super details, nice color, a bit heft to it...probably feels great in hand.

this is my only coin from syracuse, which is a bit out of the spirit of this thread...

 

I'm running out of coins not shown but Syracuse is a favorite place with several coins I like so here they are again:
Style wise, I love the head on this hemilitron. This series is common as the full litra but you don't see many of these halves with six dots on the reverse.


My smallest Syracuse is this hexas or 1/6 litrawith two dots. It is .05g of poor condition but these things are really rare and I am happy to have even the worst one (which this may not be - a coin this size does not survive well in soil).


Everyone loves the big tetradrachms and mine is interesting to me because of the huge die break on the reverse (head side). The die was used for quite a while as they must have been rushing to cut its replacement. There are several of these in existence that show the die getting worse and worse. I wonder how long it takes to engrave a die for one of these. I suspect they set a record cutting the next one of these. Syracuse tets were always made with one set of dies at a time and when one failed, the other was used with a new mate until it failed. That pattern allowed Boehringer to work out the complete series of these assigning numbers to each. This is Boehringer 703 (V345/R481)late state.


It has not been long since I showed this Hiketas overstruck on a Agathokles here. I like overstrikes when you can see the undertype well enough to ID it.


Finally, I like this Hieron II AE27 partly because it is big and partly because it is green. It was one of my first big Greek bronzes.

 

I will echo what others have said little brother. That is a fantastic coin and one I would love to own. Congrats.

 

Syracuse Agathokles 317-289 BC
SYPAKOSYWN. Head of Kore left
Bull butting left, two dolphins and linked VA in field
6.0 gr, 20 mm
Ref : Sear #1195 var



Syracuse Hiketas 288-279 BC
Head of Zeus hellanios right
ΣΙΡΑΚ ΟΣΙΩΝ. Eagle left, wings open, star and A in field
8.95 gr, 23 mm
Ref : Sear # 1212



Syracuse Hieron II 275-216 BC
Head of Poseidon left
IEPWN Trident between two dolphins
9.07 gr, 22 mm
Ref : Sear #1223

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Wow, thanks gang ... great participation points!!

=> please keep 'em coming (we might as well air-out all of our dirty Syracuse laundry!!)