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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Syracuse| > GB79577
Syracuse, Sicily, Dionysos I, 405 - 367 B.C.
|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Dionysos| |I,| |405| |-| |367| |B.C.|, Dionysius I was tyrant of Syracuse. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies. He was regarded by the ancients as an example of the worst kind of despot - cruel, suspicious and vindictive.
GB79577. Bronze hemilitron, Calciati II p. 83, 35; Boehringer pl. III, 30; SNG Munchen 1138; Favorito 13 (2nd Democracy, c. 413 BC); SNG Cop -; SNG ANS -; BMC Sicily -; HGC 2 -, F, glossy near black patina, Syracuse mint, weight 6.215g, maximum diameter 17.7mm, die axis 315o, c. 400 - 390 B.C.; obverse ΣYPA, head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet ornamented with a serpent; reverse bridled hippocamp left; ex Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher); rare with serpent; SOLD











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