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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Syracuse| > SH21616Syracuse, Sicily, Hieronymos, 215 - 214 B.C. Hieronymus was a tyrant of Syracuse. He succeeded his grandfather, Hieron II, in 216 BC. He was at this time only fifteen years old, and he ascended the throne at a crisis full of peril, for the battle of Cannae had given a shock to the Roman power, the influence of which had been felt in Sicily.
SH21616. Silver 10 litrai, "Coronation" coinage, Holloway 52, BMC 639 var, Choice EF, weight 8.505g, maximum diameter 23.5mm, die axis 0o, obverse diademed head of Hieronymos left; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt, ΣΩ above; SOLD
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