Dekadrachm - Hicetas

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Hicetas (Ικέτας) (289 BC - 279 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	287 BC - 278 BC
Value	Decadrachm (50)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Gold
Weight	4.30 g
Diameter	15.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 185022
References	BMC Greek# 434 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , HGC 2# 1277 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. , de Luynes# 1342 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG ANS 5# 781 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.

Obverse

Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain, pendant earring an pearl necklace. Behind neck, cornucopiae

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Reverse

Nike, holding goad in her right hand and reins in her left, driving biga rushing to right. Above, thunderbolt and below, ear of grain

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ΙΚΕΤΑ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

BAR issue 41.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (287 BC - 278 BC)							$ 5300	$ 5300

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Examples of the type

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Picture 2 of the example of Dekadrachm - Hicetas

SNG ANS 781

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de Luynes 1342

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BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 201, 434

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXIII Lot 144	14 Jan 2020	XF	USD 4250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	The New York Sale Auction 4 Lot 88	17 Jan 2002	XF	USD 1600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© The New York Sale
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 7 Lot 16	15 May 2013	XF	USD 22 566.12 (CHF 18 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Gemini Auction VII Lot 184	9 Jan 2011	XF	USD 14 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 54 Lot 63	24 Mar 2010	XF	USD 10 029.39 (CHF 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Leu Numismatik Auction 17 Lot 91	31 May 2025	VF	USD 6268.37 (CHF 5000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Künker Auction 204 Lot 181	12 Mar 2012	VF	USD 6345.11 (EUR 5500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg