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Litra

Features

Issuer Suessa Aurunca (Campania)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 265 BC - 240 BC
Value Litra (⅕)
Currency Drachm
Composition Brąz
Weight 6.45 g
Diameter 20.0 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
188754
References HN Italy# 449
Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, SNG ANS 1# 609
Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.
, BMC Gr/It# 17
Reginald Stuart Poole, Barclay V. Head, Percy Gardner, Warwick William Wroth, George Francis Hill; 1873. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 1. Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, SNG Milano 3# 292-298
Novella Vismara; 1989. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Milano, Civiche raccolte numismatiche / Part 3. Campania - Calabria. Edizioni Ennerre, Milan, Italy.
, SNG Copenhagen# 588
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, HGC 1# 510
Oliver D. Hoover; 2018. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia / Volume 1: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, SambonArt# 873
Arthur Sambon; 1903. Les monnaies antiques de l’Italie. Bureaux du "Musée", Paris, France.

Obverse

Głowa Ateny w hełmie zwrócona w lewo.Automatically translated

Reverse

(en) Cock facing right and a star on upper left.

Script: grecki

Lettering: SVESANO

Mint

Suessa Aurunca, Campania, modern-day Sessa Aurunca, Italy

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Litra Picture 2 of the example of Litra
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8597570b
17 mm5.3 g (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Litra Picture 2 of the example of Litra
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b10309846z
19 mm6.92 g (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Litra Picture 2 of the example of Litra
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b113153321
19 mm5.04 g (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Litra Picture 2 of the example of Litra
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1944.100.2423
6.5 g 6h
SNG ANS 609
(see more)
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Litra
Artemide Aste
Artemide LXII
Lot 29
Internet Archive
27 Oct 2024 XF USD 488.18
(EUR 420.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Litra
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 64
Lot 1995
Internet Archive
17 May 2012 VF USD 354.93
(CHF 280.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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