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Litra

Features

Issuer Eryx (Sicily)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 446 BC - 435 BC
Value Litra (1)
Currency Litra
Composition Srebro
Weight 0.74 g
Diameter 12 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
471284
References CNAI# 10
Alberto Campana. Corpus nummorum antiquae Italiae (zecche minori) (2 volumes).
, SNG Lloyd# 935
Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes).
, Buceti# 10
Giuseppe Buceti; 2010. Monete, storia e topografia della Sicilia greca. Plectica, Messina, Italy.
, Pozzi-Boutin# 991
Serge Boutin; 1992. Catalogue des monnaies grecques antiques de l'ancienne collection Pozzi. Le Louis d'or, Monaco, Monaco (3 volumes).
, BMC Greek# 8
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, Weber# 1305
Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Hound standing to right; border of dots.

Reverse

(en) Nymph standing facing, fully draped and with her head to left, sacrificing from a phiale held in her right hand over an altar to left and raising her left hand over a vine tendril to right.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΕΡVΚΙΝΟΝ

Mint

Eryx, Sicily, modern-day Erice, Italy

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (446 BC - 435 BC)  Photo $ 1400

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Litra
© British Museum, RPK,p232A.4.Ery
0.673 g
BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 62, 8
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Litra
Nomos AG
Auction 26
Lot 101
Internet Archive
21 May 2023 VF USD 1632.59
(CHF 1300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

From the collections of V. M. Brand and S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 428; from the duplicates of R. Jameson, Rollin & Feuardent, 20 June 1906, 430 = Pozzi (Boutin) 991

Picture 1 of a sold LitraPicture 1 of a sold Litra
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction O
Lot 1308
Internet Archive
13 May 2004 VF USD 703.27
(CHF 560.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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