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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3108845, member: 57495&quot;]Fun little Sicilian snack, Ryro. I have a similar piece from a group lot of four Syracusan bronzes I picked up a couple of years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]788366[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse, Second Democracy </b></p><p>AE Onkia. 1.35g, 12.1mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Second Democracy, circa 466-405 BC. CNS 10. O: ΣVPA, Head of the nymph Arethusa, right; dolphin behind. R: Octopus or cuttlefish; pellet between tentacles.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the other three coins from that lot. I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve shown them all together before. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]788369[/ATTACH]<b>SICILY, Syracuse, Dionysios I </b></p><p>AE Litra. 7.16g, 19.7mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Dionysios I, circa 400-390 BC. CNS 41; SNG ANS 434-446. O: ΣVPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath; pellet behind. R: Bridled hippocamp left.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]788368[/ATTACH]<b>SICILY, Syracuse, Agathokles</b></p><p>AE Trias. 2.57g, 13mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Agathokles, circa AD 317-289 BC. CNS 118. O: Helmeted head of Athena left. R: ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN, winged thunderbolt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]788370[/ATTACH]<b>SICILY, Syracuse, Hieron II</b></p><p>AE18. 4.08g, 17.9mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Hieron II, circa 275-269 BC. CNS 192; HGC 2, 1497; Virzi 1924 (<i>this coin</i>). O:&nbsp; Wreathed head of Kore-Persephone left. R: Bull butting left; club and AP monogram above, IE in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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