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Hemidrachm - Timoleon
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 344 BC - 317 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (5⁄2) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios facing right, rendered in fine Classical style with strongly modelled features, flowing beard, and curling hair beneath a wreath of laurel leaves. The portrait displays the commanding, mature visage associated with the supreme deity, with deeply set eyes and an expressive physiognomy characteristic of Syracusan die-engraving of the Timoleontic period. The Greek legend ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Zeus the Liberator) is disposed in the field, referencing the liberation of Syracuse from tyranny under Timoleon. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, consistent with hand-struck bronze coinage of the late 4th century BC. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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