Hemilitron - Dionysios I

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Dionysius I the Elder (405 BC - 367 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	405 BC - 367 BC
Value	Hemilitron (½)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	3.65 g
Diameter	18.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 189480
References	CNS# 24 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG ANS 5# 415-416 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# 1480 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# 687-690 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. , Favorito# 12 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. , AMB Basel# 489 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. , Puglisi# 300 Mariangela Puglisi; 2009. La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo: Circolazione e funzione della moneta = Sicily from Dionysius I to Sextus Pompey. DiScAM, Messina, Italy. , de Luynes# 1258 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 697-699 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).

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Obverse

Głowa nimfy Aretuzy w lewo, w kolczyku i naszyjniku, włosy związane ampyksem i sphendonem; z tyłu liście oliwne Automatically translated

Reverse

Delfin pływający po prawej stronie nad muszlą Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Boehringer, Essays Thompson pl. 39, 39.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (405 BC - 367 BC)							$ 280	$ 6200

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114 Lot 87	6 May 2019	XF	USD 12 690.58 (CHF 10 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Gorny & Mosch sale 211, 2013, 86
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 436 Lot 106	23 Jan 2019	XF	USD 450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Summer Sale 2025 Lot 181	30 Jul 2025	VF	USD 1269.06 (CHF 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 196 Lot 1226	7 Mar 2011	VF	USD 814.53 (EUR 700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 138 Lot 348	18 May 2023	VF	USD 1269.06 (CHF 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NAC 13, 1998, formerly exhibited at the Antikenmuseum Basel, 489
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Künker Auction 367 Lot 7069	6 Apr 2022	VF	USD 1396.33 (EUR 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NGSA 3 auction, Geneva 2004, No. 17
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	CNG Electronic Auction 498 Lot 16	18 Aug 2021	VF	USD 100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 497 Lot 44	4 Aug 2021	VF	USD 80.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 456 Lot 38	13 Nov 2019	VF	USD 160.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ponterio 91 (4 November 1997), lot 50
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 365 Lot 45	16 Dec 2015	VF	USD 260.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.