Litra

Features

Issuer	Eryx (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	409 BC - 398 BC
Value	Litra (1)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.80 g
Diameter	12.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 471277
References	SNG ANS 3# 1345 Hyla A. Troxell; 1975. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 3. Bruttium-Sicily 1 (Abacaenum-Eryx). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Buceti# 44 Giuseppe Buceti; 2010. Monete, storia e topografia della Sicilia greca. Plectica, Messina, Italy. , SNG Lockett# 3500 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , SNG Lloyd# 944 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , HGC 2# 300 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 Delepierre# 539 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 10-12 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNAI# 42 Alberto Campana. Corpus nummorum antiquae Italiae (zecche minori) (2 volumes). , Zodda# 42 Daniela Zodda; 1989. “Contributo alla storia della monetazione di Erice nel V sec. a.C” = “Contribution to the history of the coinage of Erice in the 5th century BC”, Rivista Italiana di Numismatica (Italian Numismatics Magazine), Volume XCI, pages 3-26.

Obverse

(en) Aphrodite, draped, seated left or right on a stool, holding a dove in her right hand and resting her left on the stool; behind her, ivy branch; border of dots.

Reverse

(en) Hound standing to right; above, swastika.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΕΡVΚΙΝΟΝ

Mint

Eryx, Sicily, modern-day Erice, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (409 BC - 398 BC)						$ 280	$ 760	$ 1800

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 310 Lot 62	3 Mar 2025	XF	USD 1860.90 (EUR 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 6 Lot 190	10 Dec 2012	XF	USD 1395.68 (EUR 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Nomos AG Auction 26 Lot 103	21 May 2023	VF	USD 5581.92 (CHF 4400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex R. Ratto 24 June 1929, 92
© Nomos AG
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 105 Lot 42	19 Jan 2023	VF	USD 739.40 (GBP 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Paul-Francis Jacquier Auction 40 Lot 78	16 Oct 2015	VF	USD 325.66 (EUR 280.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Paul-Francis Jacquier
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 36 Lot 20	4 Oct 2015	VF	USD 255.87 (EUR 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 36 Lot 73	30 May 2012	VF	USD 407.07 (EUR 350.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 238 Lot 29	11 Aug 2010	VF	USD 675.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 136 Lot 455	10 Mar 2008	VF	USD 348.92 (EUR 300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 76 Lot 118	12 Sep 2007	VF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.