Sicily, Syracuse. Hiketas II, 287-278 BC. AE (26mm, 8.69g). ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ, laureate head of Zeus Hellanios left, no mintmark visible due to double strike. / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, star to left. CNS II 160 OS. SNG München 1311 var.

Overstruck on Agathokles’ Artemis-Soteira/thunderbolt coin (CNS 142): on obverse remnants of Artemis hair are visible, on reverse one can see the thunderbolt in eagle’s belly as well as the last Σ of the word Agathokleos.

VF (1+)