View source for 2522 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 44)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=SO_1671_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=1671_Syracuse_Heracles-lion_(drawing).jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Syracuse_Heracles-lion_HGC_2_1464.jpeg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2086685&AucID=4967&Lot=227
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection, n° 44
|Obverse legend=ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=ΩΙΣΩΚΑΙΩΝ (sic)
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. In left field, monogram. Linear border.
|Mint=Syracuse
|Ancient region=Sicily
|Authority=Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
|Date from=287 BCE
|Date to=278 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=9.74
|Diameter=23
|Axis=4
|Denomination=denomination A/B
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 62, n° 44
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, n° 157 (D112/R4 - imitation of this variety), p. 301-302, n° 167-8 (imitation of this variety) ; HGC 2, n° 1449 (imitation of this variety) ; Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 (imitation of this variety)
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.326
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles left (visible on obverse: profile of Herakles from forehead to lips, details of eye, much of outline of hair).
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion right. Above, club (visible on reverse: rear leg and tail of lion, handle of club).
|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=289 BCE
|Overstruck date to=287 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 150 ; HGC 2, n° 1464 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.319
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Imitation coin"
}}