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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4002293, member: 87404"]Very cool new NY coins! The double strike looks like the left facing bust and eagle relate to a Hiketas II Litra, like:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181457603.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Syracuse, Sicily</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Hiketas II, Ruled 287-278 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Litra, Struck circa 283-279 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛANIOY, youthful laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: ΣΥΡΑΚ-ΟΣΙΩΝ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread, A to left.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: CNS II, 168; HGC 2, 1449; SNG ANS 799</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And I see the thunderbolt which makes me think Agathokles, like this but it's bust is the wrong way (but I see an upside-down BAΣ below the thunderbolt):</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181152062.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Syracuse, Sicily</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Agathokles, Ruled 317-289 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Trias, Struck circa 304-289 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: ΣΩTEIPA, draped bust of Artemis Soteira (‘Artemis the Savior’) right, quiver over shoulder..</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ / BAΣILEOΣ, winged thunderbolt.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: CNS 138; BAR Issue 20; HGC 2, 1537</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 22mm, 9.5g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4002293, member: 87404"]Very cool new NY coins! The double strike looks like the left facing bust and eagle relate to a Hiketas II Litra, like: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181457603.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Syracuse, Sicily Hiketas II, Ruled 287-278 BC AE Litra, Struck circa 283-279 BC[/B] Obverse: ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛANIOY, youthful laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right. Reverse: ΣΥΡΑΚ-ΟΣΙΩΝ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread, A to left. References: CNS II, 168; HGC 2, 1449; SNG ANS 799[/SIZE] And I see the thunderbolt which makes me think Agathokles, like this but it's bust is the wrong way (but I see an upside-down BAΣ below the thunderbolt): [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181152062.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Syracuse, Sicily Agathokles, Ruled 317-289 BC AE Trias, Struck circa 304-289 BC[/B] Obverse: ΣΩTEIPA, draped bust of Artemis Soteira (‘Artemis the Savior’) right, quiver over shoulder.. Reverse: AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ / BAΣILEOΣ, winged thunderbolt. References: CNS 138; BAR Issue 20; HGC 2, 1537 Size: 22mm, 9.5g[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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