Unique Siracusa coins

Cirakuzskie coin - the top of the Greek coinage.
Beautiful coin occurred in different cities, but they were in Syracuse unusually much. It had its own tradition of engravers and chasers, which affects all other neighbors in Sicily and Southern Italy. Moreover, many neighbors stamps coins were made masters of Siracusa.
I want to give a few examples of the outstanding coins of Syracuse.



Arhaichanaya liters, about 466 - 406 BC
The head of the nymph Arethusa in the diadem, octopus - the skill of the engraver already quite large, although more complex details are sketchy and the quality behind the art of the engraver. But by the end of the century there are a number of great artists-engravers and excellent chasers


Drachma probably engraver works of Euclid, approx. 405-400, 4.11 g.
The head of Athena in 3/4 in the Attic helmet on the back of a naked warrior.



Works Eyvaneta or kimonos, Arethusa and Hercules fighting with the lion. Noteworthy skills development components.
Further, it has become the norm for the Syracusan coins


Tetradrachm times Agathocles (317-289 BC). Chasing around 310 / 08-306 / 5


Gold drachma Agathocles. (ca. 317-289 BC) (4.28 gm). About 317-310 BC. Head of Apollo, and Quadriga, at the bottom of triskelion.


Filistis wife of Hiero II. (275-215 BC) on a coin 16 liter - tetradrachms (13.42 g, 6h). About 218 / 7-214 BC.