Bronze litra, 18 mm, 5.80 gm.
Obv.: Head of Poseidon left, wearing taenia.
Rev.: ΙΕΡ-ΩΝΟΣ
Trident; dolphin swimming downward on either side.
Syracuse was founded in 734 BC. For a time it was the most powerful Greek city anywhere, often clashing with Carthage for control of Sicily. Syracuse sided with Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, defeating the Athenian invasion.
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