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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3142214, member: 87809&quot;]Browsing through ongoing auctions, I found several Hieron II - Horseman coins like the one shown above by Alegandron. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some, but not all of them, are called &quot;hemilitron&quot; and they can be found in coinarchives.com under Sicily, Syracuse Hieron II e.g. <a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1209290&amp;AucID=2419&amp;Lot=168&amp;Val=65022a006e45c0ed3a74fa1ad7107ff3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1209290&amp;AucID=2419&amp;Lot=168&amp;Val=65022a006e45c0ed3a74fa1ad7107ff3" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1209290&amp;AucID=2419&amp;Lot=168&amp;Val=65022a006e45c0ed3a74fa1ad7107ff3</a></p><p><br /></p><p>sold by Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions &gt; E-Auction 60&nbsp; &nbsp; Auction date: 9 July 2018, Lot number: 167</p><p>Lot description:</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II (275-215 BC). Æ Hemilitron (25mm, 14.83g, 1h), c. 230-218/5. Laureate head l. R/ Warrior on horseback rearing r., holding transverse spear. CNS II, 193; SNG ANS 933; HGC 2, 1547. VF</p><p><br /></p><p>I googled hemilitron and found out that it weights about 1/2 litra which is much less then the 14 g <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> so Apparently hemilitron is being used for Sicilian coins of very different weights ?? </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone of you have an explanation for hemilitron ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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