Dea Moneta
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Lot # 24
SICILY. Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy, 344-317 BC. Dilitron (Bronze, 27.41 mm, 19.34 g). Circa 339/8-334 BC. [ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ] (only some letters can still be seen) Laureate and bearded head of Zeus Eleutherios to left. Rev. [ΣΥΡΑ-Κ-ΟΣΙ-Ω-Ν] Free horse prancing to left. Calciati, CNS II, 185, 80. Castrizio, “La monetazione mercenariale in Sicilia”, series II, 1. SNG Morcom 717. SNG ANS 533-41. SNG München 1159-62. Rizzo pl. LVIII, 4. HGC 2, 1439. Dark green patina with a few touches of brown. Minor metal fault on obverse with some deposits and somewhat corroded surface, otherwise, Very Fine.gr. 19,34