Sicily, Alaisa Archonidea Æ Litra. Symmachy coinage, circa 339-317 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right; IEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ around / Upright thunderbolt, eagle standing right in right field; ΣYMMAXIKON around. CNS II, 6; Buceti 2; HGC 2, 188. 10.94g, 27mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Heavily tooled. Extremely Rare.
From the collection of a Scientist.
Commonly thought to refer to the alliance formed by the Corinthian general Timoleon, it has also been suggested that the types may derive from the silver staters struck for King Alexander of Epeiros at Taras in 334-330 BC.