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Image Not Available for aes, Hellenistic Greece, Syracuse, 288-279 BCE
aes, Hellenistic Greece, Syracuse, 288-279 BCE
Image Not Available for aes, Hellenistic Greece, Syracuse, 288-279 BCE
Object numberCC59.1.0056

aes, Hellenistic Greece, Syracuse, 288-279 BCE

Date288-279 BCE
Emperor
CultureGreek
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 2.23 cm, 8.74 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on view
PeriodHellenistic Greece
Classification(s)
Denomination
Language
Minting Location
Region
Obverse Description
Head of young Zeus l.  Inscription around.
Obverse Legend
DIOS ELLANIOU
Obverse Translated
Zeus of the Greeks.
Reverse Description
Eagle and thunderbolt l.  Star l. Inscription r.
Reverse Legend
SURAKOSEIWN
Reverse Translated
of the Syracusans
BibliographyBMC Sicily, Syracuse, 472; Head, 183
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