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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Syracuse| > GB56536
Syracuse, Sicily, Hiketas, 287 - 278 B.C.
|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Hiketas,| |287| |-| |278| |B.C.|, Hicetas was the tyrant of Syracuse for about nine years. The only recorded events during his rule are his victory over Phintias, tyrant of Agrigentum, and his defeat to the Carthaginians at the river Terias. He was expelled from Syracuse by Thynion shortly before Pyrrhus arrived in Sicily.
GB56536. Bronze AE 23, Calciati II p. 315, 171 ff.; overstruck on uncertain type, probably head of Hercules right/lion walking, VF, Syracuse mint, weight 9.723g, maximum diameter 24.5mm, die axis 0o, obverse ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY, laureate head of young Zeus Hellanios right; undertype (Hercules?) bust right, profile facing 12:00 visible at the top of Zeus' head; reverse ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, star or monogram in left field; SOLD











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