Bronze Trias of Syracuse, Sicily

Bronze Trias (21mm, 7.7g) Struck 344-336 B.C. Syracuse, Sicily

Obv: Head of Athena wearing Corinthian style helmet

Rev: Hippocamp left, with curled wing.

Sears GCV-1119


This coin is from the Harry Stewart Collection. It frustrates me because I am unable to take a photograph of it that does it justice. The patina is green, smooth and glossy, it is as if I was holding a piece of jade in my hands!!

 

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