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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2508211, member: 51347&quot;]Your overstrike is amazing!&nbsp; I really love the history behind it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sporky and I had a very similar experience.&nbsp; We shared it in a PM together, so I will copy it here:</p><p><br /></p><p>Several months ago I attended a coin show in Raleigh, NC. The dealer said it was a Janus head. He had NO CLUE as their were none this small... I snatched it us for $30 thinking nothing to lose.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533096[/ATTACH]</p><p>19mm, 5.3g</p><p><br /></p><p>I spoke with [USER=75563]@ancientcoinguru[/USER] and we noodled through it.&nbsp; Actually ACG NAILED it!&nbsp; I was going down rabbit holes chasing Italia coinage, and she was going after the Sicily issues.&nbsp; We concluded:</p><p><br /></p><p>(I later purchased low cost versions of the coins so that I could verify)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;WOW, that may be it... little dolphin, Prow interference, but the trident struts would parallel the prow, so hazy, but not destroy the overstrike... Would the Hieron II be around 5g? 19mm (shows AE24 in attribute...)</p><p>YES&gt;&gt;&gt;</p><p><b>A) Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II</b>, AE <b>19 mm., 5.72g</b>, head of Poseidon left, rev. IEP-ÙNOÓ, trident flanked by dolphins, Ó[?] below (SNG Morcom 828 var.), dark green patina.</p><p>Obv. Diademed head of Poseidon left.</p><p>Rev. IEPΩNOΣ, Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; below, N.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533098[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533097[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>B) Anonymous.AE-Sextans</b>, <b>5.21 g</b>. Sicily, 211-208 BC.</p><p>Head of Mercury right wearing winged petasos; • • above. Rev. Prow of galley right; grain ear above, <b>IC</b> before, <b>ROMA</b> below.</p><p>Crawford 69/6b; Sydenham 310d; BMCRR 280.</p><p>Brown patina. EF. Surely one of the finest known specimen</p><p><br /></p><p>That would work...</p><p><br /></p><p>SOoooooo.....</p><p>1) Crawford 69/6 Sextans... ROMA below, Corn ear above 211-208 BCE;</p><p><br /></p><p>2) overstruck:</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Hieron II AE Trident 275-215 BCE;</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Siege of Syracuse 214-212</p><p><br /></p><p>5) 19mm / 5.3g would fit for both coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Timing perfect</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533099[/ATTACH]</p><p>[USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] and I concluded this was a fascinating time in Roman History... 2nd Punic War, Siege of Syracuse, overstrikes of coinage... it was a busy time![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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