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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Syracuse| > GB67659
Syracuse, Sicily, Hieron II, c. 275 - 215 B.C.
|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Hieron| |II,| |c.| |275| |-| |215| |B.C.|, Hieron II was tyrant and then king of Syracuse, c. 270 to 215 B.C. His rule brought 50 years of peace and prosperity, and Syracuse became one of the most renowned capitals of antiquity. He enlarged the theater and built an immense altar. The literary figure Theocritus and the philosopher Archimedes lived under his rule. After struggling against the Mamertini, he eventually allied with Rome.
GB67659. Bronze 1/8 chalkon, Calciati II p. 404, 199 R1 6; SNG Cop 868; SNG ANS 600; HGC 2, 1497 (R1, c. 275 - 269/265 B.C.), aVF, nice patina, Syracuse mint, weight 4.163g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 90o, 275 - 265 B.C.(?); obverse head of Kore left, hair rolled and bound with barley wreath, wearing earrings and necklace, no inscription(?), no control symbol; reverse bull butting left, club over AP monogram above, IE in exergue; SOLD











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