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	41.24 g
Diameter	37.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 407448
References	SNG ANS 5# 370-374 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. , Dewing# 903-920 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). , BostonMFA# 426-429 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , BMC Greek# 186 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Hunterian# 55 George MacDonald. Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection, University of Glasgow. James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Gillet# 652 . Charles Gillet Collection. , Pozzi# 617 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , Jameson# 829 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Gulbenkian# 315 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (publisher). A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (2 volumes). , Scavino# 53 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 trzymanym w wyciągniętych rękach; poniżej ciężka linia zewnętrzna, uprząż wojskowa, tarcza, nagolenniki, kirys i attycki hełm z herbem, wszystkie połączone poziomą włócznią; AΘΛA poniżej. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΘΛΑ

Reverse

(en) Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ above, scallop shell behind neck, four dolphins swimming around.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

(en)

Consul Weber 686; Warren 359-361; Buceti 571; HGC 2, 1299.

Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (405 BC - 400 BC)								$ 100 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 138 Lot 90	18 May 2023	AU (NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine style)	USD 40 550.42 (CHF 32 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sotheby Parke Bernet 20 June 1979, 45; Stack’s 16-18 March 1983, 19
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	Nomos AG Auction 27 Lot 1048	22 May 2023	XF	USD 45 619.22 (CHF 36 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Stack's 486, 10 June 1996, 161; Classical Numismatic Group XXIV, 9 December 1992, 194
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XXV Lot 105	11 Jan 2022	XF	USD 96 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXIII Lot 130	14 Jan 2020	XF	USD 33 750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gemini Auction XIV Lot 77	18 Apr 2018	XF	USD 50 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Stack’s, 12 January 2009, lot 2135
© Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 110 Lot 12	24 Sep 2018	XF	USD 53 222.43 (CHF 42 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hirsch XXXII, Virzi, 1912, 325; Naville IV, 1922, Alexandre Michailovitch, 365; NGSA 4, 2006, 50
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XVI Lot 234	9 Jan 2013	XF	USD 42 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XV Lot 1075	3 Jan 2012	XF	USD 65 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XIII Lot 65	5 Jan 2010	XF	USD 55 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIII.2 (Fall/Winter 1998), no. 13
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Nomos AG Auction 1 Lot 28	6 May 2009	XF	USD 152 064.08 (CHF 120 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Spina collection
© Nomos AG