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Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	150 BC - 125 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	4.24 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 538625
References	CNS# 217-218 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , HGC 2# 1518-1519 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. , Puglisi# 354 Mariangela Puglisi; 2009. La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo: Circolazione e funzione della moneta = Sicily from Dionysius I to Sextus Pompey. DiScAM, Messina, Italy. , BMC Greek# 709-710 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG ANS 5# 1096-1098, 1402-1403 Denyse Bérend; 1988. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 5. Sicily 3 (Syracuse-Siceliotes). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Delepierre# 4032-4033 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , SNG Copenhagen# 912-913 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).

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Obverse

Wreathed head of Kore left or right; behind, symbol : dolphin, cornucopiae, crescent, thunderbolt etc.

Reverse

Legend in three lines within grain wreath.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Translation: Syracuse

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (150 BC - 125 BC)						$ 32	$ 80

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 310 Lot 16	4 Sep 2013	XF	USD 160.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 126 Lot 211	5 Mar 2023	VF	USD 93.03 (EUR 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 61 Lot 273	9 Sep 2018	VF	USD 67.20 (GBP 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Lot 828	8 Sep 2022	VF	USD 80.64 (GBP 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Lot 825	8 Sep 2022	VF	USD 94.08 (GBP 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 93 Lot 194	9 Jan 2021	VF	USD 53.76 (GBP 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 61 Lot 275	9 Sep 2018	VF	USD 47.04 (GBP 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 61 Lot 274	9 Sep 2018	VF	USD 73.92 (GBP 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 49 Lot 331	12 Nov 2017	VF	USD 120.96 (GBP 90.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Savoca Numismatik 1st Blue Auction Lot 146	23 Sep 2017	VF	USD 27.91 (EUR 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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