Ancient Greek - AE Bronze - Poseidon "King of the Seas" (Hieron II) - Circa 275-216 BCE

Message or call one of our coin specialists if you would like to pick out a specific coin Denomination: AE Bronze  Date: Circa 275-216 BCE Mint: Syracuse, Sicily   Description: Syracuse, Sicily, AE24. Time of Hieron II 275-216 BCE. Obverse: Head of Poseidon left, wearing taenia Reverse: EPW-NOS, trident head, with scrolls decoration between prongs; lotiform shaft, flanked by dolphins. History: Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν) was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon. he was venerated at Pylos and Thebes in pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, but he was integrated into the Olympian gods as the brother of Zeus and Hades. Poseidon has many children. There is a Homeric hymn to Poseidon, who was the protector of many Hellenic cities, although he lost the contest for Athens to Athena. According to the references from Plato i