Coin of Agathokles, Tyrant of Syracuse c. 310

Editor: We're looking at a coin of Agathokles, Tyrant of Syracuse. It's tiny, yet feels so weighty, burdened by time. What stories do you think it whispers? Curator: Ah, yes, a coin – small enough to hold in your hand, big enough to hold a story! I see a man who dared to mint his own destiny. Can you imagine the nerve? The sheer audacity of a tyrant stamping his face onto currency! It's both power and propaganda pressed into metal. Editor: Propaganda even back then! I guess some things never change. Curator: Never, my friend! Think of the hands this coin passed through, the deals made, the empires won and lost. It’s a tangible link to a world both familiar and impossibly distant. What a find!