Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	415 BC - 409 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (20)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	17.18 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 186326
References	SNG ANS 5# 278-279 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. , HGC 2# 1335 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 Munich 5# 1061 Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , Kraay&Hirm# 108 Colin Mackennal Kraay, Max Hirmer; 1966. Greek Coins. Thames & Hudson, London, United Kingdom. , AMB Basel# 461 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. , Hirsch# 607 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes). , Tudeer# 53-54 Lauri Oskar Theodor Tudeer; 1913. Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Syrakus in der Periode der signierenden Künstler = The Tetradrachm Coinage of Syracuse in the Period of the Signing Artists. Druck von W. Pormetter, Berlin, Germany.

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Obverse

Woźnica trzymający wodze w prawej ręce i lejce w lewej, powożący galopującym rydwanem w lewo. Powyżej Nike lecąca w prawo, aby ukoronować kierowcę, a w exergue kłos zboża Automatically translated

Engraver: Euarchidas (Εὐαρχίδας)

Reverse

Głowa Aretuzy w lewo, włosy spięte w sakkos, na ampyksie napis ΦΡΥ, wokół cztery pływające delfiny. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ
ΦΡΥ

Engraver: Phrygillos (Φρυγίλλος)

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

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Fischer-Bossert, Coins 53-54; Rizzo, pl. XLIII, 13-14.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (415 BC - 409 BC)							$ 3300

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