Hexas - Second Democracy

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	415 BC - 405 BC
Value	Hexas (⅙)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	1.98 g
Diameter	14.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 442689
References	CNS# 30 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG ANS 5# 1382 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. , SNG Morcom# 681 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. , HGC 2# 1433 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. , Favorito# 5 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. , Laffaille# 210 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland.

Obverse

Głowa Aretuzy w prawo, ubrana w ampyks i sphendone; wokół cztery litery X; w okrągłej obwódce Automatically translated

Reverse

Hipokamp po prawej; ośmiornica do góry nogami poniżej; trzy granulki dookoła Automatically translated

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

Orientacja, czy prawą stroną do góry jest hipokamp, czy ośmiornica, jest niejasna, ponieważ została wymieniona w obu orientacjach.
Wartość jest również niejasna, ponieważ CNG wymienia ją jako tetras, trias, a ostatnio jako hexas.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (415 BC - 405 BC)							$ 560

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 573 Lot 90	23 Oct 2024	VF	USD 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Auction 6 Lot 75	23 Oct 2020	VF	USD 634.31 (CHF 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 12 Lot 202	29 Oct 2014	VF	USD 558.27 (EUR 480.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 130 Lot 209	4 Jan 2006	VF	USD 454.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton V Lot 231	16 Jan 2002	VF	USD 750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.