Dilitron - Timoleon and Third Democracy
Features
| Issuer |
Syracuse
(Sicily)  |
|---|---|
| Tyrant |
Timoleon (345 BC - 337 BC)
|
| Period |
Third Democracy (337 BC - 317 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 344 BC - 317 BC |
| Value | 2 Litrai |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 24.32 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 476531 |
| References | CNS# 77 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes).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 Copenhagen# 723 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). Martin Jessop Price, John Morcom; 1995. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 10. The John Morcom collection of western Greek bronze coins. Oxford University Press, Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland.. The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , Favorito# 22 Emilio N. Favorito; 1990. The Bronze Coinage of Ancient Syracuse: A reference manual on the types of the bronze coins of ancient Syracuse: including a compilation of specimens from the collections of the members of the Society Historia Numorum - Boston and other sources. Self-published, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , HGC 2# 1438 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. |
Obverse
Zeus head left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
Reverse
Pegasos flying left; dolphin and Σ below.
Script: Greek
Lettering: Σ
Mint
Syracuse, ItalyComments
BMC Greek 308.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (344 BC - 317 BC) | 
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$ 100 | $ 740 | $ 2500 | |||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR43036
18.9 mm • 21.66 g • ↑↑ 12h (see more)
18.9 mm • 21.66 g • ↑↑ 12h (see more)
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Roma Numismatics E-Sale 27 Lot 80 
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28 May 2016 | XF | Unsold | |
| © Roma Numismatics Limited | |||||
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Hess Divo Auction 320 Lot 45
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26 Oct 2011 | XF |
USD 2407.09
(CHF 1900.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Hess Divo | |||||
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Hess Divo Auction 311 Lot 332
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22 Oct 2008 | XF |
USD 2533.78
(CHF 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 90 (2000), 227 |
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| © Hess Divo | |||||
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CNG Triton V Lot 248
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16 Jan 2002 | XF |
USD 2850.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Tom Virzi Collection (Bank Leu Auktion 6, 8 May 1973), lot 222 |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
CNGElectronic Auction 546 Lot 38
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13 Sep 2023 | VF |
USD 225.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 Lot 74
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9 Feb 2020 | VF |
USD 818.88
(GBP 610.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
|
| © Bertolami Fine Arts | |||||
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Roma Numismatics E-Sale 64 Lot 181
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28 Nov 2019 | VF |
USD 1141.06
(GBP 850.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Roma Numismatics Limited | |||||
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Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 67 Lot 154
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11 Jul 2019 | VF |
USD 456.42
(GBP 340.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Bertolami Fine Arts | |||||
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Künker Auction 318 Lot 404
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11 Mar 2019 | VF |
USD 812.99
(EUR 700.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Baldwin's 96, London 2015, no. 3013 |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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CNG Electronic Auction 372 Lot 34
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6 Apr 2016 | VF |
USD 400.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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