25 Litrai - Hieronymus

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Hieronymus (216 BC - 214 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	214 BC
Value	25 Litrai
Currency	Litra
Composition	Złoto
Weight	2.13 g
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 407209
References	Holloway# 53 var. Robert Ross Holloway; 1969. Antike Münzen und geschnittene Steine / Band 3. The Thirteen-Months Coinage of Hieronymos of Syracuse. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. , SNG Lloyd# 1564 cf. Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , BMC Greek# 636 cf. British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

Głowa Persefony w lewo, głowa owinięta kłosami zboża. Automatically translated

Reverse

Skrzydlaty piorun, XA powyżej. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ

Unabridged legend: Basileos Ieronymou

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

Por. Holloway 53a (O-/R42; niewymieniona matryca awersu); SNG ANS -; por. SNG Lloyd 1564; SNG Copenhagen -; Jameson -; Gulbenkian -; Pozzi -; Weber -; por. BMC Sicily s. 220, 636.

Unikalna odmiana; pozostałe dwa znane okazy ze znakiem kontrolnym XA mają symbol szyszki na awersie.

Holloway rejestruje tylko dziewięć okazów Hieronymosa dla wszystkich nominałów złota i znaków kontrolnych.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Cf. Holloway 53a (O-/R42; unlisted obverse die); SNG ANS -; cf. SNG Lloyd 1564; SNG Copenhagen -; Jameson -; Gulbenkian -; Pozzi -; Weber -; cf. BMC Sicily pg. 220, 636.

Unique variety; the other two specimens known with the control mark XA have a pine-cone symbol on the obverse.

Holloway records only nine total specimens for Hieronymos for all gold denominations and control marks.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (-214)

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