Description: Sicily, Syracuse, Reign of Pyrrhos 278 - 276 BC. ΣΥΡAKOΣIΩN; head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin, cornucopia behind / Athena Promachos advancing right, hurling javelin and holding shield, owl to right.

Diameter: AE24 mm

Weight: 10,04 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: SNG ANS 850

Commentary: olive patina, good centering

History: Because of growing opposition to his conduct in Sicily, Pyrrhos left after only two years with the words: "What a wrestling ground we are leaving, my friends, for the Carthaginians and the Romans."

Article Number: 024-01-02-41652