Ancient Greek - Poseidon (Hieron II) - Syracuse, Sicily - AE Bronze - Circa (275-215 BCE)

Denomination: AE Bronze   Date: Circa 275-215 BCE Mint: Syracuse, Sicily​ Description: Obverse: Head of Poseidon left, wearing Taenia​.  Reverse: Trident head, with scroll 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 in his dialogue Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was the chosen domain of Poseidon.​ Syracuse, Sicilian: Sarausa, Ancient Greek: Συράκουσαι