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Okay => Here is Syracuse #6 => Hemi-Hemi-Hemilitron! SICILY, SYRACUSE Æ HEMILITRON
DOLPHIN AND SCALLOP SHELLDate: 357-344 BC Diameter: 17.2 mm Weight: 2.57 grams Obverse: Female head left, with hair in sphendone, olive sprig behind Reverse: Dolphin leaping right above scallop shell, Ã"YPA below dolphin Reference:: BMC 301 Other: Choice detail style and patina ... VF/VF  => yeeeehhhaaaa => Syracuse, Sicily rides again!!!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice Coin Steve! Dolphin  They produced these in silver earlier :D From Doug's Site Syracuse, Sicily, hemilitron 440-430 BC, .3g |
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Canada
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That's a really nice one Steve  Love it  |
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United States
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Female head = Tanit / Persephone?
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United States
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Nice coin. Are you trading Goats for Dolphins?
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It's probably just a phase ... my "Flipper-phase"  Edited by stevex6
12/17/2012 9:31 pm
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Canada
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Lets see. Greek mythology.
Possibilities:
Athena
Persephone
lets check the history of the region during this time:
War
Dictator
Power struggle
Athena would make sense... Had it taken place in 392, I would have said Peresphone, due to the plague that was taking place...
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At least with Flipper I don't think you can get into trouble. |
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Canada
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I think he can... But it's not very likely!
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United Kingdom
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Really like this, beautiful reverse.
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Stay tuned for the adventures of "AQUA-PAN" and his loyal and loving dolphin ...  ... oh no, this isn't gonna be good!! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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My first guess might be Artemis, because she is often depicted on Syracuse coins However, she's usually pictured with a quiver, and here we have a olive sprig. Sometimes Athena is associated with an olive leaves. Great dolphin on the back!  |
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Apparently it is any of the following:
- Female
- Nymph
- Arethusa Or it could be all of them. Arethusa is a nymph, and a female  Edited by Dionysos
12/17/2012 11:32 pm
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Cool coin Steve, looks like it was chiseled out of a green stone, very nice... |
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Hemi-Hemi-Hemilitron! This is all I could think of.  |
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Posted 12/17/2012 9:22 pm
