Tetradrachm - Dionysius I

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Dionysius I the Elder (405 BC - 367 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	405 BC - 395 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (20)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	17.13 g
Diameter	25.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 396830
References	SNG ANS 5# 290 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# 1342 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. , Jameson# 1923 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Dewing# 849 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , BMC Greek# 217-218 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , McClean# 2718 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , de Luynes# 1218 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Gillet# 658 . Charles Gillet Collection. , Tudeer# 82 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. , Bossert Coins# 82 Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Ute Wartenberg, Ute Wartenberg (ed.), Orla Mulholland (trans.); 2017. Coins, Artists, and Tyrants / Volume 33: Syracuse in the Time of the Peloponnesian War. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.

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Obverse

Brodaty rydwan, trzymający lejce w obu rękach i kentron w prawej, powożący kwadrygą pędzącą w lewo, zamierzającą skręcić, głowa trzeciego konia zwrócona w prawo; powyżej Nike lecąca w prawo, aby ukoronować powożącego; w exergue kłos jęczmienia. Automatically translated

Reverse

Głowa Aretuzy w lewo, ubrana w ampyks i sphendon, kolczyk z podwójną spiralą i prosty naszyjnik z dużą zawieszką z pereł; w polu po lewej trzy delfiny, dwa pływające w dół i jeden w górę; po prawej, za szyją Aretuzy, delfin płynący w dół. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Unsigned, but struck from dies prepared by Eukleidas.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (405 BC - 395 BC)							$ 12 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 30 Lot 1248	6 Nov 2023	XF	USD 6345.29 (CHF 5000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 138 Lot 83	18 May 2023	VF	USD 5710.76 (CHF 4500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Triton XXV Lot 5022	25 Jan 2022	VF	USD 11 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XX Lot 75	10 Jan 2017	VF	USD 11 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.