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ID:
12929
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Greek
Region:
SICILY
City:
Syracuse
Issuer:
Dionysius I
Date Ruled:
405-367 BC
Denomination:
100 Litrai
Date Struck:
405-400 BC
Diameter:
14 mm
Weight:
5.79 g
Die Axis:
3 h
Obverse Legend:
ΣΥΡΑ[ΚΟΣΙΩΝ]
Obverse Description:
Head of Arethusa to left wearing triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, and with her hair gathered up at the back in a sakkos ornamented with two stars; behind her neck, star of eight rays.
Reverse Description:
Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean lion
Primary Reference:
SNG ANS 338 (same obverse die)
Reference2:
Bérend 41.1 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com
Grade:
gEF
Notes:
(1) Unsigned, but in the style of Kimon, c. 405-400. (2) Classical Numismatic Group Nomos AG 2013 List: Lot No. 5 (3) Ex NGSA 6, 30 November 2010, 29, Hess-Divo 311, 22 October 2008, 331 and Bank Leu 48, 10 May 1989, 68..
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