Sicily, Syracuse, under tyrant Hiketas II (287-278 BC), Æ 20, SNG ANS 812, Calciati 157

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  1. Amit Vyas

    Amit Vyas Well-Known Member

    Sicily, Syracuse, under tyrant Hiketas II (287-278 BC), Æ 20, SNG ANS 812, Calciati 157, Ex. Lord Grantley Collections (7.47 g, 20 mm)

    Obverse: (ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛ)ΛΑΝΙΟY. Laureate youthful head of Zeus Hellanios facing left

    Reverse: (ΣΥΡΑΚ)-ΟΣΙΩΝ. Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt; star in left field; A above star

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    Amit Vyas, Jul 21, 2021
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  3. PeteB

    PeteB Well-Known Member

    Splendid, even though off center.
     
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  4. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Congrats, nice coin Amit.
    Heres mine:

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  5. Zorrbabe

    Zorrbabe Coin shortage of good coins not crappy ones lol

    Where do you guys get these awesome wicked old coins
     
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  6. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Excellent !

    I have something like a right facing bust of a similar coin

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

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  7. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

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  8. Herodotus

    Herodotus Well-Known Member

    Ooh, those are really excellent portraits.

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    SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II. (287-278 BC). Æ Litra. (22mm, 7.48g).
    O: Head of Zeus Hellanios left.
    R: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, star in field.
     
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  9. dougsmit

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    Closest I can come here is a Hiketas II AE23, 7.58g somewhat impaired by having been struck on an earlier coin of the Artemis / thunderbolt type. There are some, myself included, who like this sort of thing. I do wish the undertype and centering did not impair the legends quite so much. More, I wish my coin had better surfaces but we have to take these things as they come.
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  10. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

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  11. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Mine is kind of lousy, and I'm not sure of the attribution:
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    Syracuse Æ 17
    Hiketas
    (c. 288-279 B.C.)
    Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios left / [ΣΥΡ]ΑΚ[ΟΣΙΩΝ] ?, eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt.
    SNG ANS 821; ANS coll. ID: 1944.100.57075
    (4.94 grams / 17 mm )
    eBay Oct. 2020

    Attribution Notes:
    American Numismatic Society MANTIS database example 1944.100.57075 looks like this specimen. Reverse clearly shows a partial legend, but description does not note this; I guessed based on other coins of this ruler.
    http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.57075
     
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