50 Litrai - Dionysius I
Features
| Issuer | Syracuse (Sicily) |
|---|---|
| Tyrant |
Dionysius I the Elder (405 BC - 367 BC)
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 405 BC - 370 BC |
| Value | Decadrachm = 50 Litrai (10) |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 2.88 g |
| Diameter | 12 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number |
N# 196111
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
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| References |
Dewing# 927,
Leo Mildenberg, Silvia Hurter; 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
SNG-B Lloy# 1425,
Andrew Meadows, Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward S. G. Robinson; 1933. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 2. The Lloyd Collection / Parts 1-2. Etruria to Thurium. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
SNG Cop# 688, And 3 more volumes.
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
SNG ANS 1# 341 And 43 more volumes.
Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
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Obverse
Youthful bare head of the river-god Anapos left. Anapos was the partner of the nymph Cyane, who both witnessed Hades' abduction of Persephone and tried to prevent it; Hades turned Cyane into a spring on the site of Syracuse, and Anapos into a river in southern Sicily.
Reverse
Horse galloping right, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ in exergue.
Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
Comments
BMC Sicily 170.
The coin in the main image (2.88g, 12mm, 1h, Good Extremely Fine):
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, Lot 362. Sold for 6,000 GBP;
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||
| ND (405 BC - 370 BC) | |||||||||||||
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