Ancient Greek - Poseidon - Syracuse, Sicily - AE Bronze - Circa 275-215 BC
Denomination: AE Bronze Date: Circa 275-215 BCE Mint: Syracuse, Sicily Description: Obverse: Head of Poseidon left, wearing taenia. Reverse: Trident head, with scrolls decoration between prongs; lotiform shaft, flanked by dolphins. Mount: Sterling Silver Ring with 18K coin bezel 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. Syracu