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Onkia - Timoleon
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 344 BC - 338 BC |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΥ |
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| Mintage | ND (344 BC - 338 BC) |
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Timoleon of Corinth arrived in Syracuse in 344 BC not as a conqueror but as a liberator, invited to dismantle the tyranny of Dionysius II and rebuild the city's shattered civic institutions. The bronze coinage issued under his administration — including this onkia — reflects a deliberate monetary reorganization intended to restore public confidence after decades of autocratic rule. He repopulated the city with tens of thousands of new colonists drawn from across the Greek world, and the coin output of this period served a genuinely expanded urban economy.
Timoleon retired voluntarily around 337–336 BC, an almost unparalleled act in Sicilian Greek politics.