Lot 3590

Description

Sicily, Syracuse, time of Timoleon, (344-306 B.C., Calciati dates 405-395 B.C.), AE 16, (hemilitron) (7.904 grams), obv. head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet, traces of **SURA* before, rev. Hippocamp to left with curled wings, (S.1193, Calciati 34, BMC 292, SNG ANS 426-433); another AE 18, (310-304 B.C.), (4.82 grams), obv. Head of Kore to left with corn ears in hair, rev. Bull butting to left, club and **LU* monogram above, trace of IE in exergue, (S.1218, Calciat 199 (p.404), SNG Munich 1228), another Rule of Pyrrhos, (278-276 B.C.), AE 21, obv. Herakles head to left, in lion skin, rev. Athena Promachos to right brandishing a thundrbolt and holding a shield, around **SURA KOSIWN*, (S.1214, Calciati 178 [p.325], BMC 505, SNG Cop. 814); period of Hieron II, AE 17, (275-216 B.C.), (5.73 grams), obv. Head of Persophone or Kore to left, wreathed with corn, rev. Bull butting right, above club and letter M, in exergue H, (S.1218, SNG Cop.866). Very good - nearly very fine all different issues with several scarce. (4)