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Syracuse 240-215 BC AE AE20 7.43 g 1.95 cm 1.99 cm 8h

obverse: hd Poseidon l wearing tainia
reverse: trident ornamented, dolphins l and r IEPΩNOΣ, ΔA r
Calciati CNS II p395-399 197, Hoover HCS 1550
Schulman auction 271 (Nov 1980) lot 2789 (7/22) vw 52, 19 euro

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in Calciati (1986) Corpus Nummorum Siculorum II a difference has been made in weight (and style):
194 6.24- 9.76  33
197 4.56- 7.51  45
198 5.10- 7.38   5  (hd Poseidon r.)

in Calciati (1995) Una Collezione di Monete di Bronzo della Sicilia Antica. Kolvov 2
the weight difference seems to be abbandoned.