Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemidrachm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-339/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right, ZEΥΣ ΕΛΕΘΥΕPΙΟΣ around / Upright thunderbolt, to right, eagle standing right; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. 16.58g, 25mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine; beautiful two-tone patina, an excellent example of the type.
From a private European collection, outside of Italy prior to December 1992.