Circa 354-336 BCE
Æ 8.96g, 23mm, 5h.
Helmeted head of Athena to right; TYPPH before /
Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in right hand and resting hand on grounded shield to right; [M] in right field.
CNS III, 2; SNG ANS 1408; HGC 2, 1658
overstruck on an uncertain type.
Ex Mike Ballerini Collection
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 2019
These coins were restruck over bronzes of Syracuse. The issuers are believed to have been mercenaries under Dionysios.
The exact location where these were minted is unknown, but if they were from mercenaries then it may have been a travelling mint.