Greek Fact! - Timoleon, Head of Zeus, Coin

Timoleon of Corinth, lived around 340BC and was a Greek statesmen and general who led the Greeks of Sicily against tyrant groups successfully including his victory against Carthage. Zeus’s most famous power is the ability to throw lightning bolts. Zeus head is depicted on the obverse of this coin and a lightning bolt on the reverse.

Coin:
Time of Timoleon,
Sicily, Syracruse,
Æ Hemidrachm, Greek Bronze,
Head of Zeus,
344-336 B.C.

Æ Hemidrachm,
Greek Bronze

On the observe side of the coin, you can see clearly the Head of Zeus, Eleutherios to the right. On the reverse of the coin you can see an eagle standing in the field to the right holding a thunderbolt below itself.

Sicily is located within modern day Italy
 
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