Tetras with legend; head right

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	425 BC - 405 BC
Value	Tetras (⅓)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	3.0 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 214926
References	CNS# 1 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 653 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 2# 1428 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. , Boehringer# 613-622 Erich Böhringer; 1929. Die Münzen von Syrakus. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany / Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. , SNG ANS 5# 376-382 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. , SNG Morcom# 675-676 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# 1 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# 207 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , Virzi# 1386 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes.

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Obverse

Głowa Aretuzy w prawo, nosząca naszyjnik, włosy luźno zebrane na czubku głowy; delfin za i przed. Legenda na prawo od głowy. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑ

Reverse

Ośmiornica; trzy kulki wskazujące wartość. Automatically translated

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (425 BC - 405 BC)							$ 160	$ 270

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Past sales

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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 64 Lot 164	28 Nov 2019	XF	USD 193.70 (GBP 144.00) (incl. buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton V Lot 230	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 460.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 592 Lot 27	30 Jul 2025	VF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 488 Lot 64	24 Mar 2021	VF	USD 106.20 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 73 Lot 334	14 Sep 2019	VF	USD 193.70 (GBP 144.00) (incl. buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 425 Lot 17	25 Jul 2018	VF	USD 150.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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