View source for 2364 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/lion) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (MacDonald coll., 39)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=SO_1661_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-lion).jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=1661_Syracuse_Artemis-thunderbolt_(drawing).jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2237972&AucID=5442&Lot=380
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection, n° 39
|Obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Head of young Herakles right, wearing diadem. In left field, bow. Border of dots.
|Reverse description=Lion leaping right. Above, club. In exergue, spear right. Border of dots.
|Mint=Syracuse
|Ancient region=Sicily
|Authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
|Date from=289 BCE
|Date to=287 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=7.28
|Diameter=25
|Axis=11
|Denomination=denomination B
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 57, n° 39
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 151 ; MacDonald 2009, p. 57, n° 39; HGC 2, n° 1465 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.319
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis right, draped, wearing necklace, quiver at shoulder (visible on obverse: quiver, back of neck and top of head).
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Thunderbolt (visible on reverse: traces of fulmen, ΒΑΣ).
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Overstruck authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
|Overstruck date from=295 BCE
|Overstruck date to=289 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145 ; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731 ; HGC 2, n° 1537 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Level of confidence=strong
}}