Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)

Mints

Hicetas (Greek: Ἱκέτας or Ἱκέτης) was tyrant of Syracuse, during the interval between the reign of Agathocles and that of Pyrrhus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Syracuse (Hicetas), gold, hemistaters (279-278 BCE)		Gold	4,905 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2522 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 44)		Bronze	287 BC JL
19941 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (Bertolami, EA 93, Jan 2021, 180)		Bronze	287 BC JL
20010 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (Felzmann, EA 33, May 2022, 10011)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2197 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (CNG, 91, Sept. 2012, 74)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2376 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 76, Sept. 2007, 176)		Bronze	287 BC JL
Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (CNG, EA 564, June 2024, 40)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2260 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Roma Numismatics, EA 36, May 2017, 45)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2551 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Gitbud Numismatik, 2, April 2017, 10)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2740 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (New York Sale, 20, Jan. 2009, 101)		Bronze	287 BC JL
20126 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, EA 109, Jan. 2022, 307)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2222 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (CNG, MBS 78, May 2008, 120)		Bronze	287 BC JL
20130 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (Classical Numismatic Group, EA 443, May 2019, 10)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2232 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (CNG, MBS 78, May 2008, 120)		Bronze	287 BC JL
925 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Agora, 103, Dec. 2021, 13)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2313 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (CNG, EA 240, Sept. 2010, 79)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2270 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (MacDonald coll., 42)		Bronze	287 BC JL
20013 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Nomos AG, obolos 23, June 2022, 172)		Bronze	287 BC JL
22335 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (Roma Numismatics, Oct. 2023, 751)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2208 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (VCoins seller: Shick Coins)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2409 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (MacDonald coll., 45)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2278 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 204, March 2012, 1180)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2235 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (Hirsch, 281, May 2012, 136)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2358 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (Bertolami - ACR Auctions, EA 68, March 2019, 343)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2287 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 219, Sept. 2009, 209)		Bronze	287 BC JL
25002 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 119, Apr. 2024, 167)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2435 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Lanz, 153, Dec. 2011, 125)		Bronze	287 BC JL
20128 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (Classical Numismatic Group, EA 443, 1 May 2019, 10)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2375 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (Savoca, EA 11, Dec. 2016, 125)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2514 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Ebay seller: Numis Matic, March 2016)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2710 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Ebay seller: Authentic Ancient Coins, Jan. 2017)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2201 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1128)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2251 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (MacDonald coll., 43)		Bronze	287 BC JL
3505 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 345, Febr. 2015, 123)		Bronze	287 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
1593 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Hicetas) (Persephone/biga) (Hirsch, 264, Nov. 2009, 58)		Bronze	288 BC JL
2375 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (Savoca, EA 11, Dec. 2016, 125)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2409 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (MacDonald coll., 45)		Bronze	287 BC JL
20128 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (Classical Numismatic Group, EA 443, 1 May 2019, 10)		Bronze	287 BC JL
2235 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (Hirsch, 281, May 2012, 136)		Bronze	287 BC JL
Rome (AE Minerva/horse's head) over Syracuse (Zeus/eagle) (Hersh 1953, n°19)		Bronze	269 BC JL

Hicetas

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	hicetas
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hicetas_(tyrant_of_Syracuse) http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1618049 https://www.freebase.com/m/02r2p2c

Literature

• HGC 2 (34 mentions)
• Calciati 1986 (33 mentions)
• Puglisi 2009 (32 mentions)
• SNG ANS 5 Sicily (2 mentions)
• Buttrey 1973 (1 mentions)
• Sear I (1 mentions)
• RQEMH (1 mentions)