Hemilitron - Timoleon

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Third Democracy (337 BC - 317 BC)
Tyrant	Timoleon (345 BC - 337 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	344 BC - 317 BC
Value	Hemilitron (½)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	3.37 g
Diameter	17.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 181934
References	CNS# 75 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , HGC 2# 1483 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. , SNG Morcom# 727 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. , SNG Copenhagen# 731 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Lloyd# 1461 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , Weber# 1657 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Virzi# 1557-1559 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , Pozzi-Boutin# 1310 Serge Boutin; 1992. Catalogue des monnaies grecques antiques de l'ancienne collection Pozzi. Le Louis d'or, Monaco, Monaco (3 volumes). , Favorito# 9 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. , Laffaille# 221 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland.

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Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ

Reverse

(en) Octopus with head at top

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (344 BC - 317 BC)								$ 1500

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 144 with CNG & NGSA Lot 1002	8 May 2024	XF	USD 1522.34 (CHF 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 119 Lot 165	24 Apr 2024	XF	USD 241.98 (GBP 180.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 30 Lot 1113	6 Nov 2023	XF	USD 4820.75 (CHF 3800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton V Lot 246	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 475.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XIII Lot 67	5 Jan 2010	XF	USD 4750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.