Æ Roman rule

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	212 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.38 g
Diameter	13.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 476798
References	CNS# 222 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , HGC 2# 1517 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Virzi# 1886 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG Copenhagen# 909 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BMC Greek# 722 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

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Obverse

Janiform head of a bearded Dionysos, wearing ivy-wreath.

Reverse

Filleted thyrsos.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Translation: Syracuse

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (-212)						$ 54	$ 140	$ 930				after 212 BC

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Picture 1 of the example of Æ (Roman rule)

BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 229, 722

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 17 Lot 63	26 Oct 2018	XF	USD 1204.24 (CHF 950.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 61 Lot 171	25 Sep 2002	XF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Nomos AG obolos 13 Lot 122	2 Jul 2019	VF	USD 101.41 (CHF 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG obolos 13 Lot 123	2 Jul 2019	VF	USD 152.11 (CHF 120.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Vineyard Collection, ex Vecchi 14, 5 February 1999, 355
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 219 Lot 217	30 Sep 2009	VF	USD 140.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 51 Lot 253	4 Dec 2024	F	USD 63.93 (EUR 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 251 Lot 234	25 Feb 2023	F	USD 40.68 (EUR 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	CNG Electronic Auction 499 Lot 65	1 Sep 2021	F	USD 60.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 Lot 102	9 Feb 2020	F	USD 33.59 (GBP 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 561	1 Dec 2019	F	USD 53.74 (GBP 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts