Zeus Hellanios, Syracuse, NO RESERVE

Calciati catalogues this series by die combination (Ds/Rs numbers), so the precise sub-number follows the obverse and reverse die pairing. Zeus Hellanios and his eagle on the thunderbolt fill both sides with the imagery of the chief god. Hiketas struck this bronze in the troubled years after Agathokles, when Syracuse stood between Carthage and the ambitions of rival Sicilian rulers.

Check out my other auctions. I'll be running a good number of $1 starts with no reserve. In particular I will be running other Syracuse Greek bronzes of Sicily.