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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4677556, member: 96635&quot;]I am not sure if it has a connection or it is pure coincidence, I tend to lean on it being coincidence. The Zeus - Eagle connection is very common on Greek coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two examples:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xfOD05T.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Crete, Lyttos. Æ coin (250-221 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Zeus right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΛYTT; Eagle standing right, with wings spread; monogram between legs; to right, head of boar right.</p><p><b>Reference: </b>Svoronos 75; Slg. Traeger 273.</p><p>5.52g; 17mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Not mine but:</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/88000430.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KINGS of GALATIA. Deiotaros. </b>Circa 62-40 BC. Æ (19mm, 7.18 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. E.T. Newell, <i>Un monnayage de bronze de Déjotarus</i> 2; SNG France -; RPC I p. 356, 2. VF, attractive dark green-brown surfaces. Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only proven imitation of the Ptolemaic coinage in Magna Graecia was during Hieron II reign in Syracuse in association with Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not mine:</p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/4746/3905342l.jpg?md5=lBeNmuH99FmDM8DIZzV2Qg&amp;expires=1596028028" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SICILY. <i>Syracuse</i>. Hieron II of Syracuse in association with Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt, c. 264/260 BC.</b> Sicily. Syracuse. Hieron II of Syracuse in association with Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt, c. 264/260 BC. Diobol (Bronze, 27 mm, 18.21 g, 7 h), in the style of contemporary standard Ptolemaic coinage from Alexandreia, Syracuse. Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev. Eagle, with spread wings, standing left on thunderbolt; in field to left, oval shield; to right, below wing tips, N. SNG Copenhagen 116. Svoronos 619. Wolf &amp; Lorber, \&#039;Western Greek\&#039; Style, group D. A very attractive, sharply struck example with a fine green patina. Extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>In their recent study (see also: <a href="http://www.ptolemybronze.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ptolemybronze.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ptolemybronze.com/</a>), Daniel Wolf and Catharine Lorber thoroughly examine a class of the ‘Galatian shield’ bronze coinage commonly given to the Alexandria mint. While the bronze issues with an enigmatic monogram of Σ with serifs above the shield can be attributed to the mint of Alexandria, those without this control exhibit distinguishing features, with provenances suggesting a Sicilian mint. While this theory of a western origin has been posited before, Wolf and Lorber present the first comprehensive investigation of the series, accompanied by a die study. Their analysis shows that the initial output of Sicilian ‘Galatian shield’ bronzes appear to have been produced under Alexandrian minting specialists, with related ‘imitative’ issues of ‘Western Greek’ style following this period of production under Ptolemaic authority. These ‘Western Greek’ style coins were struck with loose dies and share a common fabric, metrology, and border style with the Syracusan coinage of Hieron II, as well as featuring shared controls with the coinage struck in Hieron’s name, all indicating a Sicilian mint’s operation under Hieron superseding the Ptolemaic, or perhaps the wholesale transfer of the mint (if so, very likely to Syracuse).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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