| Issuer |
Syracuse
(Sicily) |
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 430 BC - 420 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (20) |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.62 g |
| Diameter | 24.4 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 408925 |
| References | SNG ANS 5# 204 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. , Boehringer# 635Erich Böhringer; 1929. Die Münzen von Syrakus. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany / Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. , AMB Basel# 447 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland.Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). |
Slow quadriga driven right by charioteer, holding kentron and reins; above Nike flying right to crown horses.
Head of the nymph Arethusa right, wearing earring and necklace, hair waved over forehead and the rest enclosed in saccos bound with broad diadem; around, four dolphins swimming snout to snout.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣVRA – ΚΟΣΙΟΝ
Rizzo pl. XXXVIII, 17.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (430 BC - 420 BC) |
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| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 120 Lot 272
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6 Oct 2020 | XF |
USD 58 127.34
(CHF 46 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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