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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6451743, member: 96898"]A teriffic coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>This has to be [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] . Most others would post such a piece on CT immediately after having it in hand – only he would keep it a secret for the sake of this game. Also, he has great taste in Greek and Roman silver, and this therefore is a coin right up his alley.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another, much less spectacular coin from Syracuse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256968[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Sicily, Syracuse (under Hiketas), AE22, 287–278 BC. Obv: [ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY]; head of Zeus Hellanios, laureate, l. Rev: ΣYPAK[OΣION]; eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, with wings displayed; monogram to l. 22mm, 9.94g. Ref: CNS II, 157 DS 112 R1 4 (p. 304); HGC II, 1448.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6451743, member: 96898"]A teriffic coin! This has to be [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] . Most others would post such a piece on CT immediately after having it in hand – only he would keep it a secret for the sake of this game. Also, he has great taste in Greek and Roman silver, and this therefore is a coin right up his alley. Another, much less spectacular coin from Syracuse: [ATTACH=full]1256968[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sicily, Syracuse (under Hiketas), AE22, 287–278 BC. Obv: [ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY]; head of Zeus Hellanios, laureate, l. Rev: ΣYPAK[OΣION]; eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, with wings displayed; monogram to l. 22mm, 9.94g. Ref: CNS II, 157 DS 112 R1 4 (p. 304); HGC II, 1448.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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