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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6253172, member: 86498&quot;]Probably one of the more influential coins ever minted.</p><p>Syracuse Ar Dekadrachm Euainetos type 405-400 BC Obv Charioteer driving fast quadriga left in exergue military panoply&nbsp; Rv Head of Arethusa&nbsp; left wearing wreath of grain ears HGC 299 42.65 grms 34 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1247518[/ATTACH]After this coin and others from the &quot;signed period&quot; (420-395 BC) at Syracuse there appears to have been a revolution in how the gods were depicted on coins Prior to this you had the more &quot;archaic&quot; style of image after a far more &quot;natural&quot; imagery. I sometimes wonder that the fact that so many Greeks from so many different regions were fighting in and around Syracuse during the great siege (415 to 413 BC.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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