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Litra - Hicetas
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 282 BC - 278 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine Sicilian style with flowing, elaborately curled hair adorned with a wreath of laurel leaves. The portrait displays strong, idealized facial features characteristic of late Classical Syracusan bronze coinage. A numeral or control mark appears in the lower field below the neck truncation. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with hand-struck production of the period. |
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| Reverse description | An eagle with wings spread and head raised, standing in three-quarter view atop a thunderbolt, a powerful Syracusan civic emblem evoking the authority of Zeus. The bird is rendered with fine feather detail across the wings and body, its talons firmly gripping the stylized lightning bolt below. The Greek ethnic legend ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ is inscribed along the left field in a vertical or curved arrangement. The composition is bold and well-centred within the irregular flan, reflecting the confident die-cutting tradition of Sicilian bronze coinage under Hicetas. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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