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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2481695, member: 56859&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; If I had to restrict my Greeks to just one area, it would probably be Syracuse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Syracuse coins currently in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_510,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Second Democracy</b></p><p>c. 425 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Female head right; XXX before</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-dionysiusi-hippocamp-reshootrt-jpg.495475/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I</b></p><p>Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm</p><p>Struck c. 390 BCE</p><p>Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet pushed back on head</p><p>Rev: hippocamp left</p><p>Ref: Calciati 35. SNG ANS 426</p><p><i>formerly in an NGC slab</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg/v1/fill/w_850,h_436,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Dionysios I</b></p><p>390 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; octopus</p><p>Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arethusaxs-jpg.319081/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)</b></p><p>struck 310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b6d15eeba7294202b502e868f90565d1.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_495,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_b6d15eeba7294202b502e868f90565d1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Hieron II</b></p><p>275-216 BCE</p><p>Æ 23, 7.4 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; diademed head of Poseidon left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; IEP-ΩNOΣ Trident upright; on either side, dolphin</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Calciati 194</p><p><br /></p><p>I have at least one bronze of Hiketas II as well but don&#039;t have images handy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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