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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Bulk Lots| > LT87368Lot of 3 Bronze Coins - Syracuse, Sicily, Hieron II, 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.
LT87368. Bronze Lot, 3 bronze coins, 18.7 - 20.2 mm, obverse diademed head of Poseidon left; reverse ornamented trident between two dolphins, dolphins head down; no tags or flips, the lot is the actual coins in the photograph; SOLD
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