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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2302544, member: 42634&quot;]well, i may have some more coins coming in (negotiating with seller), but they wont show up at my house until after the new year...and i don&#039;t count my chickens before they hatch.&nbsp;&nbsp; so here are my last coins of the year, have had for a bit now but was saving up for a single post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>first, probably not the type that first pops in your head when you hear &quot;syracuse&quot; on the ancients..but i have three byzantine coin minted there now.&nbsp; this was a coin show pick up in november.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7424_zpsiqvtbxwy.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7424_zpsiqvtbxwy.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7424_zpsiqvtbxwy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Byzantine Empire. Constantine V with Leo IV. Æ Follis. 751-775 AD </font></p><p>O: Constantine V and Leo VI. R: Leo III. 20x16 mm, 2.0g, Syracuse mint. SB 1569</p><p><br /></p><p>this coin features three generations, grandpa on the reverse, and father and son on the obverse.&nbsp; fun fact for those of you new to byzantine coins.&nbsp; constantine v is known as constantine&nbsp; &quot;copronymus&quot;, which means &quot;poop named&quot;!&nbsp; LOL!&nbsp; i guess when he was being christened as baby, he pooed his britches...which is what baby&#039;s do right?&nbsp; so he know to the ages a &quot;my name is poop&quot;! </p><p><br /></p><p>ok, a recent thread you had on coins of syracuse left me out of the loop, so i had to get a couple of greeks.&nbsp; first, a coin that has been on my list for over a year.&nbsp; this was an ebay win.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7435_zpsduljfw08.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7435_zpsduljfw08.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7435_zpsduljfw08.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="6">Hieron II, Syracuse, 275-215 BC </font></p><p>O: Poseidon, R: Trident between dolphins, ΙΕΡΩ−ΝΟΣ below, 20 mm, 6.6g, Calciati-197</p><p><br /></p><p>this one was picked up at the same coin show as the byzantine.&nbsp; kind of took a gamble on this one, wasn&#039;t really familiar with the type or the price range, and couldn&#039;t look stuff up online, but i came out ok.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/b4969d69-466e-47ef-8467-c9197217ddde_zpsdg3lzuie.png.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/b4969d69-466e-47ef-8467-c9197217ddde_zpsdg3lzuie.png.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/b4969d69-466e-47ef-8467-c9197217ddde_zpsdg3lzuie.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 BC. </font></p><p>O: Zeus Hellanios, R:Eagle (on thunderbolt, off flan), SNG ANS-797(?), 21 mm, 9.4 g</p><p><br /></p><p>two question for anyone that knows...</p><p><br /></p><p>1. any idea on the attribution?&nbsp; the one above show a right facing bust, mine is left...but it&#039;s the only thing i could find and jives with the sellers attribution.&nbsp; am i correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. is zeus hallanios different that...well, just zeus?&nbsp; &nbsp; so, &quot;zeus of the greeks&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>post anything you want form syracuse![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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