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Hemilitron - Timoleon and Third Democracy
| Issuer | Syracuse (Sicily) |
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| Year | 337 BC - 317 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of the youthful Arethusa, rendered in high relief, with flowing curly hair framing the face and bound by a wreath of grain or reeds; the treatment is characteristic of the refined Syracusan die-cutting tradition of the late fourth century BC. The face is presented frontally, slightly turned, with naturalistic modeling of the features. The field is largely plain, with no visible legend. |
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| Reverse description | Pegasos, the winged horse, depicted in full gallop to the left, with large outstretched wings prominently rendered above the body; the horse's forelegs are raised and its tail streams behind. The composition is dynamic and fills the flan, executed in the vigorous style typical of Sicilian bronze coinage of the Timoleontic period. The field is plain with no visible legend or exergual inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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