Artistic Dilitron of Timoleon
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Dilitron (27mm, 21.14 g, 10h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 2nd series, circa 339/8-334 BC. Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath; [Z]EYΣ E-Λ-EYΘE[PIOΣ] around / Horse rearing left; [ΣY]PA-K-OΣI-Ω-[N] around. Castrizio Series II, 1; CNS 80; HGC 2, 1439; SNG ANS 533-41; SNG Lloyd 1456-7; SNG Morcom 717; Basel 499; Favorito 17; Laffaille 225; Virzi 1500–14. Attractive green-brown patina, light earthen dusting. EF. An artisitic masterpiece.
