After a period of corrupt rule and extreme fractionalization, citizens of Syracuse finally grew weary of Dionysius II’s rule. In desperation, they sent envoys east to Corinth. While Syracuse had shed their colonial status many years prior, they still maintained deep cultural and trading connections to their historic mother city. In response, Corinth sent Timoleon. As the estranged brother of their dictator, Timophanes, Timoleon was not involved with domestic politics and was able to lead the expeditionary force without causing any great disruption on the home front. After his peaceful seizure of Syracuse in 344 BC, Timoleon ushered in a dramatic revival of local coinage filled with Carthaginian influences. Interestingly, the earliest series of his coinage from the 340’s depict the Pegasus present on Corinthian coinage, while several years later this type shows a more indigenous design.