Decadrachm - Dionysios I

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Dionysius I the Elder (405 BC - 367 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	405 BC - 400 BC
Value	Decadrachm (50)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	43.31 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 407257
References	HGC 2# 1298 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 Ashmolean# 2023 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Lloyd# 517 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , BostonMFA# 434 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , Pozzi# 611 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , Jongkees# 8 Jan Hendrik Jongkees; 1941. The Kimonian Dekadrachms: A contribution to sicilian numismatics. Utrecht, Netherlands. , Scavino# 8 Rosa Scavino; 2008. “La cronologia dei decadrammi di Euainetos e Kimon. Rapporto con le emissioni auree dei maestri firmanti” = “The chronology of the Euainetos and Kimon decadrachms. Relationship to the gold issues of the signing masters”, Rivista Italiana di Numismatica (Italian Numismatics Magazine), Volume CIX.

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Obverse

Rydwan, trzymający kentron w wyciągniętej prawej ręce i lejce w lewej, prowadzący szybką kwadrygę w lewo; powyżej Nike lecąca w prawo, wieńcząca rydwanu wieńcem laurowym trzymanym w wyciągniętych rękach; poniżej ciężka linia exergual, tarcza, nagolenniki, kirys i hełm attycki, wszystkie połączone poziomą włócznią; AΘΛA poniżej. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΘΛΑ

Reverse

Głowa Arethousy w lewo, w kolczyku i naszyjniku z jednym wisiorkiem, włosy spięte ampleksem i sakkosem o otwartym splocie; ΣΥΡΑ ΚΟΣΙΩN za włosami, wokół cztery pływające delfiny. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑ ΚΟΣΙΩN

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (405 BC - 400 BC)								$ 110 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton XXV Lot 102	11 Jan 2022	XF	USD 110 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 3 Lot 30	10 May 2011	XF	USD 103 940.49 (CHF 82 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 115 Lot 55	16 Sep 2020	VF	USD 22 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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