Litra - Hicetas

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Hicetas (Ικέτας) (289 BC - 279 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	287 BC - 278 BC
Value	1 Litra
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	10.62 g
Diameter	23.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 407820
References	CNS# 122-127 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , HGC 2# 1466 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. , Puglisi# 328-329 Mariangela Puglisi; 2009. La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo: Circolazione e funzione della moneta = Sicily from Dionysius I to Sextus Pompey. DiScAM, Messina, Italy. , SNG Morcom# 771-772 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. , SNG Lloyd# 1525 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , Virzi# 1742 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , Favorito# 54 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. , de Luynes# 1344, 1345, 1351 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG ANS 5# 755-758 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.

Obverse

Wieniec na głowie Kore/Persefony z lewej lub prawej strony; za symbolem: kłos zboża, mak, pochodnia. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Reverse

Nike prowadząca galopującą bigę w prawo, symbole/litery/monogramy powyżej i poniżej. Automatically translated

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

BAR Issue 38.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (287 BC - 278 BC)							$ 320	$ 610

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 585 Lot 25	16 Apr 2025	XF	USD 1400.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton XII Lot 112	6 Jan 2009	XF	USD 2300.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 500 Lot 92	22 Sep 2021	XF	USD 700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 495 Lot 34	7 Jul 2021	XF	USD 550.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 81 Lot 65	25 Feb 2021	XF	USD 295.67 (GBP 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Electronic Auction 460 Lot 115	29 Jan 2020	XF	USD 375.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIV (6 May 1995), lot 39
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 87 Lot 2013	15 Sep 2015	XF (NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 620.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
	The New York Sale Auction 34 Lot 39	6 Jan 2015	XF	USD 1500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© The New York Sale
	Artemide Aste Artemide LXII Lot 155	27 Oct 2024	VF	USD 406.99 (EUR 350.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Artemide Aste
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 30 Lot 149	13 Jul 2024	VF	USD 329.73 (CHF 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik