Dekadrachm - Hicetas

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Hicetas (Ικέτας) (289 BC - 279 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	278 BC
Value	Decadrachm (50)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Złoto
Weight	4.25 g
Diameter	16.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 185220
References	BMC Greek# 430 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Munich 5# 1292 Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , de Luynes# 1341 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 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. , SNG Dreer 1# 523 Leopoldine Springschitz; 1967. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Sammlung Dreer, Klagenfurt, im Landesmuseum für Kärnten / Teil 1. Italien, Sizilien. Verlag des Landesmuseums für Kärnten, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria. , Buceti# 897 Giuseppe Buceti; 2010. Monete, storia e topografia della Sicilia greca. Plectica, Messina, Italy. , SNG Copenhagen# 798 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).

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Obverse

Głowa Persefony po lewej stronie, ubrana w wieniec z liści zboża, kolczyk wisiorek i naszyjnik z pereł. Za szyją pszczoła Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Reverse

Nike, trzymająca wodze w prawej ręce i lejce w lewej, prowadzi bigę galopującą w prawo. Poniżej, Θ, powyżej, kolczyk (czasami określany jako księżyc lub wieniec) i w exergue, napis. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΕΠΙ ΙΚΕΤΑ
Θ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (-278)							$ 5100	$ 5100	$ 8700

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Examples of the type

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de Luynes 1341

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BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 200, 430

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics Auction XVI Lot 155	26 Sep 2018	AU (NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 8725.49 (GBP 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction XV Lot 72	5 Apr 2018	AU (NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 8725.49 (GBP 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Künker Auction 248 Lot 7117	14 Mar 2014	AU (NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 4876.37 (EUR 4200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Nomos AG Auction 8 Lot 58	22 Oct 2013	XF	USD 8232.83 (CHF 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Auctiones eAuction 15 Lot 2	21 Apr 2013	XF	USD 6966.24 (CHF 5500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Auctiones GmbH
	Stacks Bowers January 2012 NYINC Auction Lot 122	6 Jan 2012	XF	USD 8000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 240, lot 45; Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 96, 07 June 1999, lot 61; Ex Leu 59, 17 May 1994, lot 74; Ex Hess-Leu 12, 12 April 1962, lot 117
© Stacks Bowers
	Stacks Bowers January 2018 NYINC Auction Lot 21012	11 Jan 2018	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, bent)	USD 3600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers
	Roma Numismatics Auction 7 Lot 179	22 Mar 2014	XF	USD 4564.10 (GBP 3400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG obolos 18 Lot 95	21 Feb 2021	VF	USD 5066.36 (CHF 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 19 Lot 56	17 Nov 2019	VF	USD 6586.26 (CHF 5200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex G. Hirsch 171, 25 September 1991, 86
© Nomos AG