Trionkion - Second Democracy

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	415 BC - 406 BC
Value	Trionkion (¼)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.17 g
Diameter	8.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 446295
References	SNG ANS 5# 1375,1376 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. , HGC 2# 1396 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. , Buceti# 403 Giuseppe Buceti; 2010. Monete, storia e topografia della Sicilia greca. Plectica, Messina, Italy. , Bérend Réflexions# 29 Denyse Bérend; 1984. “Réflexions sur les fractions du monnayage grec” = “Reflections on the fractions of Greek coinage”, Festschrift für Leo Mildenberg (Studies in honor of Leo Mildenberg).

Obverse

(en) Head of Arethusa to right, wearing a sphendone and a simple necklace

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑ

Reverse

(en) Octopus and three pellets

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

(en)

The value is uncertain being either a tetras or trionkion. Currently listed as a trionkion as it is closer to a quarter of the weight of a litra.

Bérend, KME, Histoire de poulpes pl. VI, 8; Kreutzer, Kleinsilbermünzen, 1.6

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (415 BC - 406 BC)

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 436 Lot 97	23 Jan 2019	VF	USD 150.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 29 Lot 664	5 Nov 2023	F	USD 582.83 (CHF 460.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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