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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 05/08/2018 6:01 pm This was an impulse purchase, certainly not a genre I've yet collected, but it just appealed to me as a handsome and aesthetically pleasing piece, which I guess is a reason as good as any to acquire it. Evidently it was once in the inventory of a U.K. dealer (as evidenced by once being priced in £) who had it identified as a hemilitron issued under Hieron II of Syracuse between 230 and 215 BC. It's 27 mm in diameter and weighs just over 18 grams. I'm presuming it's nothing rare, or even scarce. Does anybody think the above attribution requires amending? Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/08/2018 6:41 pm Super coin, excellent detail. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 05/08/2018 7:52 pm Nice hair detail remaining! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Liberty Belle Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 05/09/2018 09:44 am A real beauty! Congrats. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 05/09/2018 3:35 pm Some historical perspective with regards to this coin. It would've been being made and in use during the Second Punic War, in which Hieron II was an ally of Rome. The Romans at this time hadn't yet achieved hegemony over the entire Italian peninsula, let alone the island of Sicily. The year after after Hieron II's death, Roman forces laid siege to Syracuse, ultimately taking and sacking the city. It was during this struggle that Archimedes, the renowned mathematician and inventor, was killed. From a numismatic standpoint, provided the attribution's accurate, this'd have to be one of the last coin types put out by an independent Kingdom of Syracuse. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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