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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Syracuse| > GB66880
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.
GB66880. Bronze AE 23, Calciati II p. 263, 125; SGCV I 1209, EF, Syracuse mint, weight 11.121g, maximum diameter 22.4mm, die axis 0o, 287 - 278 B.C.; obverse ΣYPAKOΣΩN, head of Kore left, wreathed in grain; reverse Nike diving biga right, whip in right, reins in left; SOLD











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