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Syracuse 343-338 BC AE hemidrachm 15.28 g 2.42 cm 2.45 cm 2h

obverse: hd Zeus Eleutherios r laureated and bearded IEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ
reverse: thunderbolt eagle in field r ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
Calciati CNS II p167-171 72, Hoover HCS 1440
Munthandel G. Henzen list February 1995 20 vw 280, 79 euro

S Scarce

c. 343-339/8 BC (Timoleon) or
   332-317   BC (Third Democracy)

357-354 BC (Dion) according to Calciati

Eleutherios (Greek: "the liberator") 

Calc. 70
Calc. 71  Rev. grain of corn in field r.
Calc. 72  Rev. eagle in field r.
Calc. 73  Obv. border of large dots.


Hemilitron [CALCIATI, 1995]
Hemidrachm [SNG America Part 5, 1988]