Didrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Segesta
(Sicily)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 475 BC - 450 BC |
| Value | Didrachm (10) |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 8.79 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 471542 |
| References | Hurter Segesta# 1-58 Silvia Mani Hurter; 2008. Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta: mit einem Anhang der Hybriden, Teilstücke und Tetradrachmen sowie mit einem Überblick über die Bronzeprägung = The didrachm coinage of Segesta. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, Bern, Switzerland.Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Gulbenkian# 238 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (publisher). A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (2 volumes). Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany.Eva Jaunzems; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 4. Sicily 2 (Galaria-Styella). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , BMC Greek# 1-6 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). Colin Mackennal Kraay; 1976. Archaic and Classical Greek Coins. University of California Press, Oakland, California, United States. 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.Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , SNG Lloyd# 1165 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). |
Obverse
The river-god Krimisos, in the form of a hunting dog, standing right, on the scent.
Reverse
Diademed head of the nymph Aigeste to right, her hair in a krobylos that is bound up and falls over her diadem.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣEΓEΣTA 𐤆IB
Mint
Segesta, Sicily, ItalyComments
SNG Copenhagen 571; SNG Delepierre 597; de Luynes 1105; McClean 2530; De Nanteuil 307; SNG Leake 1138.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (475 BC - 450 BC) | 
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$ 4200 | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 54 Lot 46 
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24 Mar 2010 | XF |
USD 8778.05
(CHF 7000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Auction 17 Lot 59
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31 May 2025 | VF |
USD 4263.62
(CHF 3400.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
|
| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Künker Auction 416 Lot 1551
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29 Oct 2024 | VF |
USD 4153.71
(EUR 3600.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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Künker Auction 397 Lot 2106
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14 Nov 2023 | VF |
USD 3461.42
(EUR 3000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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CNG Auction 124 Lot 55
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19 Sep 2023 | VF |
USD 2000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Künker Auction 382 Lot 44
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16 Mar 2023 | VF |
USD 5538.27
(EUR 4800.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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Nomos AG obolos 26 Lot 35
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18 Dec 2022 | VF |
USD 2382.61
(CHF 1900.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Nomos AG | |||||
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Hess Divo Auction 340 Lot 7
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1 Jun 2022 | VF |
USD 4514.42
(CHF 3600.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Hess Divo | |||||
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 123 Lot 138
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9 May 2021 | VF |
USD 3762.02
(CHF 3000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Auction 6 Lot 71
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23 Oct 2020 | VF |
USD 10 032.05
(CHF 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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