Description: Sicily, Syracuse. Timoleon and 3rd Democracy (344 - 317 BC). AE Dilitron. ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ; laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ; horse prancing left.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 18,12 g

Grade: gF/F

Attribution: Calciati II, p. 185, 80; SNG ANS 533 ff.; SNG Morcom 717; SNG München 1159

Commentary: mottled brown and olive patina

History: Timoleon led a rescue mission of a small Corinthian force to help the city of Syracuse in the struggle against Carthage during the Sixth Sicilian War.

Article Number: 032-03-01-41652