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0246 - Hemilitron Himera 420-407 BCObv/ Head of nymph l. Below, IME; to the l., six pellets.
Rev/ Six pellets on two lines, inside laurel wreath.

AE, 18.5 mm, 3.98 g
Mint: Himera.
CNS I/35
ex-CNG Coins, auction e455, lot 18dafnis

338-287 B.C. AE Hemilitron; River god head left/ Eagle & crabSicily Akragas 338-287 B.C. AE Hemilitron. 22mm. River God left/Eagle and crab. SNG ANS 1097.Podiceps

405 - 392 B.C.; Herakles Head Countermark. Bronze hemilitronAkragas, Sicily, 405 - 392 B.C.; Herakles Head Countermark. Bronze hemilitron, Calciati I p. 197, 92; for undertype: Calciati I pg. 176, 42, F, countermark Fine, 20.660g, 27.5mm, obverse large round countermark of young head of Herakles; obscured undertype: eagle grasping fish; reverse, crab. Ex FORVMPodiceps

Akragas Akragas Ae Hemilitron circa 400BC, 15.5gm, Eagle r., clutching dead hare in talons. R/ Crab; crayfish below, six pellets in field. Westermark, Period III, Series IV; CNS I, 15; HGC 2, 136.Ancient Aussie

Akragas - AE hemilitronc. 425/0 - 410/06 BC
eagle left standing on fish
AKP_AΓANTI_NON
crab with snake between pincers; conch shell and octopus below
• • • • • •
CNS I, 47; HGC 2, 135; CNG Electronic Auction 353 - lot 30 (obverse die match); Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 259 - lot 73 (obverse and reverse die match)
16,8g 25mmJ. B.

AKRAGAS - Sicilia - ItaliaAE Hemilitron 28 mm - 21.8 gr

Anv: Águila a derecha con sus alas desplegadas, cabeza gacha devorando a una liebre que aferra en sus garras.
Rev: Cangrejo de río, seis puntos a su alrededor, debajo langostino a izquierda.

Acuñación: 425 - 406 A.C.
Ceca: Akragas (Hoy Agrigento) - Sicilia - Italia

Referencias: SNG München #92 ff - SNG ANS #1026-1027 var - Calciati CNS I #10-15 Pag.165 - SNG Cop #68mdelvalle

Akragas HemilitronSicily, Akragas, c. 415-406 BC. Hemilitron Æ 20.15g.
O/ AKPAÎ“AN TI NON ; Eagle right head straight upwards, on hare ; cicada in r. field.
R/ Crab with slooping sides in shallow incuse ; below Triton to r., blowing a conch-shell, 6 pellets
HGC Sicily 131 ; CNS I p.174 32 ; Westermark, The Coinage of Akragas, 618 (O6/R5)1 commentsBrennos

Ancient Greece, Sicily: Anonymous (415-375 BCE) Æ Hemilitron (HGC 2, 1480; SNG ANS 415 ff; SNG Cop 697 ff)Obv: Signed by Euainetos (Î£Y on band); Head of Arethusa left, wearing hair band and earrings, back of hair in sphendone; olive spray behind
Rev: Dolphin swimming right above, Î£YPA arched over inverted scallop shell belowQuant.Geek

EB0172 Eagle / CrabAgrigentum, SICILY, AE Hemilitron, 425-406 BC.
Obverse: Eagle standing right on dead hare.
Reverse: Crab; sea serpent [and conch below], three dots in left field, [three dots in right field].
References: Cf. BMC 93; GROSE 2064; Calciati 17.
Diameter: 32mm, Weight: 22.83.EB

EB0179 Nymph / WreathHimera, SICILY, AE Hemilitron, 420-408 BC.
Obverse: IM-E, head of nymph left; six pellets before.
Reverse: Six pellets in wreath.
References: Cf. SG 1110; BMC 2.54; Calciati 35.
Diameter: 20mm, Weight: 3.539g.EB

GreekAE hemilitron Syracuse, Sicily 415 B.C.
Ob. head of Arethusa left, hair in a sphendone
Rev. SY-RA in the upper quarters of four spokes, two dolphins in lower quartersnathan s2

GREEK, Dionisio I, AE HemilitronCeca: Siracusa (Siclia)
Datación: 400 aC (Dionisio I. 405-367 aC)
Valor: Æ18. Hemilitron
Catálogo: Calciati 76; SNG ANS 434
Conservación: MBC
Metal: Æ
Peso: 6,30 gr.
Diámetro: 18 mm.
Anverso: Atenea a izquierda portando casco Corintio adornado con una rama de olivo. Leyenda EYPA
Reverso: Hipocampo a izquierda, sin bridas, debajo olas.

GREEK, SICILY, HIMERA, AE Hemilitron440-404 BC
3.62 – grams
Obv.: Head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, six dots/pellets before face
Rev.: 6 pellets within laurel-wreath
Sear 1110

I was overjoyed to get this specimen. What pleases me about this coin is the extreme sharpness of its details. On the obverse the hair detail is bold and complete while on the reverse the veins in the leaves are bold and jump out at you. The boldness of these very fine details just points out the sharpness of the strike. In addition the both sides are well centered with no missing details.Richard M10

GREEK, Sicily, Syracuse, 332-317 BCSicily, Syracuse 332–317 BC
Obverse: Short haired Zeus facing right, ZEUS ELYTHEIROS in greek script around.
Reverse: Thunderbolt in the field, eagle to the right, SYRAKOSION in greek script around.

Dated according to N.K. Rutter: Greek Coinages of Southern Italy and Sicily, page 168.

Ex. A.H. Baldwin collection.

Bronse hemilitron.
W=14,97g; D=24 mm.
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GREEK, SICILY, Syracuse, Hemilitron. Segunda Democracia (466-406 aC)Ceca: Siracusa (Sicilia)
Datación: 415 aC. Fin de la Segunda Democracia
Valor: Hemilitron
Catálogo: Calciati 18; SNG ANS 314
Conservación: MBC
Metal: Æ
Peso: 4,62 gr.
Diámetro: 18 mm.
Anverso: Cabeza femenina a izquierda. Leyenda EYPA.
Reverso: Cuadrado incuso con círculo incuso en el centro, dentro estrella de dieciséis rayos.
Notas: Pátina verde y roja

GREEK, SICILY, Syracuse, Hemilitron. Segunda Democracia (466-406 aC)Datación: 415 aC
Valor: Hemilitron
Catálogo: Calciati 24. SNG ANS 418
Conservación: MBC
Metal: Æ
Peso: 3,50 gr.
Diámetro: 17 mm.
Anverso: Cabeza de mujer (Arethusa) a izquierda, pelo atado con amphyx (banda de tela ornamentada, diadema que se colocaban las mujeres en la cabeza) y “sphendone”. A la derecha dos hojas de olivo
Reverso: Delfín y concha en el centro. Leyenda griega EYPA
Notas: Pátina verde

Greek, SICILY, Tauromenion, CNS 4 (this coin illustrated)SICILY, Tauromenion. Circa 339/8-336 BC. Æ Hemilitron(?) (25mm, 16.81 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo Archagetas left / Man-headed bull standing left; grape bunch to left. Castrizio Series III, 1Î²; Campana 1b; CNS 4 (this coin illustrated); HGC 2, 1577; Virzi 1995–6. VF, dark green and brown surfaces.

Calciati Plate Coin

From the Trinacria Collection. Ex Elsen 36 (17 September 1994), lot 94. CNG 97, lot 51.Molinari

Hemilitron, c. 415 - 410 B.C. AE 16; Arethusa/ Wheel of four spokes & dolphinsSyracuse, Sicily, c. 415 - 410 B.C. Bronze hemilitron, SGCV I 1186, Fine, rough, 3.484 g, 16.1 mm, 315o, obverse Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone; reverse SY RA, Wheel of four spokes, dolphins in bottom two quarters. ex FORVMPodiceps

Hieron II AE HemilitronObv: Diademed head of Hieron II left.
Rev: IEPΩNOΣ - Mounted horseman galloping right, holding spear, monogram to right.
Cat #: SNG Cop 8421 commentsoa

Himera - AE hemilitron420-409 BC
head of nymph left
•••••• / IM_E
wreath, 6 • inside
SNG Cop 320; Calciati I p. 43, 35; SGCV I 1110; SNG ANS 186
3,85g 14,5mmJ. B.

Himera - hemilitron Calciati 35SICILY, Himera, hemilitron Before 407 BC; 3.64g; obv. head of nymph left, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; six pellets before; rev. six pellets in wreath. Calciati I pg. 43, 35; SNG ANS 186.

Ex F. R. Künker Auction.Bartosz A

Himera, 420-408/7 BCHemilitron
Obv. hd nymph Himera wearing sphendone, six pellets in front, IME
Rev. six pellets, wreath around
4 commentsDino

Himera, Sicily 420-408 B.C.Bronze hemilitron 4.35g, 16mm Himera mint

Obverse: IME, head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, sex pellets before.
Reverse: six pellets within laurel wreathDk0311USMC

Himera, Sicily, hemilitron ca. 420-408 BC
15mm, 2.80g
obv: [IME]; head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, six pellets before
rev: six pellets within laurel wreath2 commentsareich

Himera, Sicily.SIZILIEN. HIMERA
Hemilitron, Bronze, um 410 v. Chr.
Vs: IM-E Nymphenkopf n. l., davor Wertkugeln.
Rv: Sechs Wertkugeln in Kranz.
3,67 gr 18 mm
SNG ANS 186. Calciati I, 43, 35.
_1753 Antonivs Protti

Himera. Before 407 BC. Ã† HemilitronSicily, Himera. Before 407 BC. Æ Hemilitron. 3,4 g, 17 mm. IM-E, head of nymph left; six pellets before / Six pellets in wreath. Calciati I, 35. SNG ANS, 186–187. SNG Morcom 599.Podiceps

Himera. Before 407 BC. Æ HemilitronHimera, Sicily, c. 420 - 408 B.C. Bronze hemilitron, SNG Cop 320; Calciati I p. 43, 35; SGCV I 1110; SNG ANS 186, VF, Himera mint, 2.976g, 15.4mm, 180o, c. 420 - 408 B.C.; obverse IME, head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, six pellets before; reverse, six pellets within laurel wreath; nice style, irregularly shaped flan. Himera (Termini), on the north coast of Sicily, was an ancient Chalcidic colony from Zancle, founded in the middle of the seventh century B.C. Ex FORVMPodiceps

Himerian Bronze HemilitronA Himerian bronze hemilitron minted around 410 BC.chuy1530

Rhegion Hemilitron (7mm, 0.31g), Rare denomination, Ex-Clain-Stefanelli Collection & "Fractional" (RBN 1987) plate coinGreek (Classical). Bruttium, Rhegion AR Hemilitron (7mm, 0.31g, 12h). Struck c. 445-435 BCE.
Obv: Facing scalp of lion (or lion mask) within dotted border. Rev: RECI within laurel wreath. Control letters/symbols above (K?) & below (I or sideways H?).
Refs: Clain-Stefanelli "Fractional" (1987, RBN) p. 57 & Pl. XII, Fig. 32-33, No. 2 (this coin illustrated). See also (same obv. die, diff. rev. controls): Herzfelder Pl. IV, C = Slg. Prinz Waldek, Münzhandlung Basel 4 (10 Jan 1935), 391 = ANS 654 (Newell Bequest) = HN Italy 2486. Only two more in ACSearch: M&M (DE) e-49, 32 (same dies as ANS); Bertolami e-32, 137 & e-64, 115 (diff. rev. die).
Provenance: Ex-Elvira Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) Collection (formerly "Demarete Collection," cataloged by Stack's); Naville 38 (10 Mar 2018), Lot 41 (unsold). Published in E. Clain-Stefanelli's (1987), "On Some Fractional Silver Coinages of Sicily and Magna Graecia during the Fifth Century," RBN 133: p. 39-64, Pl. 8-13.
Very rare denomination (the "larger" AR Litra less so), apparently unique control symbols. All known examples share one obv. die. Curtis JJ

SELINUS - Sicilia - ItaliaAE Hemilitron 14.5 mm - 4.03 gr

Anv: Cabeza de Herakles vistiendo piel de león, viendo a derecha.
Rev: " Î£ E", Arco y carcaj.

Acuñación: 415 - 406 A.C.
Ceca: Selinus (Hoy Selinunte) - Sicilia - Italia

Referencias: HGC 2 #1238 - SNG ANS #716 ss - Calciati CNS I #11 Pag.238 - Price Selinus pl. XI #1-3 - SNG Morcom #670 - Laffaille #204 - Virzi #1363 - Lindgren #5451 commentsmdelvalle

Sicilia, Siracusa, 344-317 aC. Æ Hemilitron Testa di Persefone a sinistra., Indossa la collana e triplo pendente orecchino. R / avancorpo alato di Pegasos a sinistra.; Î£ sotto. CNS II p. 184, 79; SNG ANS 530. Patina verde. (14 X 16 mm, 4.57 g,). Sicily, Syracuse, 344-317 BC. Æ Hemilitron - VFHead of Persephone l., wearing necklace and triple-pendent earring. R/ Forepart of Pegasos l.; Î£ below. CNS II p. 184, 79; SNG ANS 530. Green patina. (14 X 16mm, 4.57 g, ). _5009 soldAntonivs Protti

Sicily - Syracuse - Fourth Republic c. 289-287 B.CSicily - Syracuse - Fourth Republic Hemilitron c. 289-287 B.C. Ae 23.2mm. 8.48 g.
Obv: Head of Kore (Persephone) right Rev: Biga galloping right, driven by a charioteer holding kentron (stick) with the right hand and the reins in the left hand, six-pointed star above. Countermarked below and above. Laffaille242 MIAMG.5211 Ref. BMC -. ANS.767. Calciati 122. ddwau

SICILY, SYRACUSEca 409 BC
Time of Dionysius I (The Tyrant)
AE HEMILITRON 20 mm 7.07 g
O: Head of Athena, left, STRA before
R: Hippocamp, left
Syracuse
Calciata-34
(ex HJBerk)
1 commentslaney

Sicily, Akragas, BMC Sicily 99 var.Sicily, Akragas mint, hemilitron, c. 425 - 406 B.C. AE, 15.02g 25mm, Calciati I p. 165, 10, BMC Sicily 99 var.
O: AKPA, eagle with wings spread, r., holds in its claws supine hare, which it attacks with its beak, plain border
R: crab, crayfish left below, six pellets around
1 commentscasata137ec

Sicily, Akragas: Anonymous (ca. 425-406 BCE) Æ Hemilitron (SNG ANS 1065)Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress, within circular counterstamp
Rev: Blank
Dim: 28.46 mm, 15.82 gm
Quant.Geek

Sicily, Hemilitron, Messana, 412-408 BC, AE SiciliëReference. rare
Caltabiano 656; SNG ANS 390

Obv. ΠΕΛΩΡΙΑΣ
Head of nimph Peloria left, around two dolphins,

Rev. ΜΕΣΣΑΝΙΩΝ
Trident flanked by hare at left. and shell at right.

3.46 gr
15 mmokidoki

Sicily, HimeraAE hemilitron, 3.2g, 15mm, 4h; c. 420 - 409 B.C.
Obv.: [IME]; Head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, six pellets before (off flan).
REv.: Six pellets within laurel wreath.
Reference: SNG Cop 320; Calciati I p. 43, 35; SGCV I 1110; SNG ANS 186
Notes: jwtJohn Anthony

Sicily, Himera Bronze Hemilitron c. 420-407 B.C. Sicily, Himera Bronze Hemilitron 21mm, 5.95 gm. c.420-407 B.C.
Obv: Nude rider on a goat right, blowing into conch, holding club and lion(?) skin; below, Corinthian helmet below.
Rev: Nike advancing left, holding open wreath in right hand, dress in left; six pellets (mark of value) to left.
Ref: Kraay, Bronze, group b, 2; CNS 27; SNG ANS 184 var. (grasshopper).mjabrial

Sicily, Himera, (420-410 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, Calciati I., p-43, No-35, -/-//--, Six pellets, #1Sicily, Himera, (420-410 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, Calciati I., p-43, No-35, -/-//--, Six pellets, #1
avers: IM-E, Head of the nymph left, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; earrings and necklace; six pellets before.
reverse: Six pellets arranged in two rows within laurel wreath.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 14,5-15mm, weight: 2,77 g, axes: 2h,
mint: Sicily, Himera, date: before 407 B.C.,
ref: Calciati I., p-43, No-35, SNG ANS 186, SNG Copenhagen 320,
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Sicily, Himera, (420-410 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, Calciati I., p-43, No-35, -/-//--, Six pellets, #2Sicily, Himera, (420-410 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, Calciati I., p-43, No-35, -/-//--, Six pellets, #2
avers: IM-E, Head of the nymph left, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; earrings and necklace; six pellets before.
reverse: Six pellets arranged in two rows within laurel wreath.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 14,7-16,0mm, weight: 3,86g, axes: 7h,
mint: Sicily, Himera, date: before 407 B.C.,
ref: Calciati I., p-43-, No-35, SNG ANS 186, SNG Copenhagen 320,
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Sicily, Himera, hemilitron ca. 420-408 BC
16-17mm, 4.80g
obv: IME; head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, six pellets before
rev: six pellets within laurel wreath1 commentsareich

SICILY, Himera. Circa 410 BC. Bronze AE Hemilitron .
Obverse : Head of nymph Himera left, wearing sphendone, six pellets before.
Reverse : Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath.
Choice good Very Fine ( Very Rare with this condition ) , dark green patina. (15mm, 2.82 g ).

Sear 1110

From The Sam Mansourati Collection. No 35 A.

CITY OF HIMERA

Himera was founded around 678 BC by Greek colonists from Zancle, modern Messina. Zancle itself had been founded in the previous century by Greek colonists. It is probable that a prehistoric settlement already existed there, populated by Sicanians.

Politically, Himera represented the farthest westward expansion of the Greeks along the Sicily's Tyrrhenian coast, constituting a threat to the Carthaginians, who had colonized the western area of Sicily and founded Palermo and Solunto, the latter city being only twenty kilometers distant from Himera. Though Palermo later, of necessity, came under Greek influence, it was never truly a Hellenic city.

In 480 BC, the Carthaginians decided to invade the region. Hamilcar, a Carthaginian general who was an ancestor of the famous Hannibal who later fought the Romans, assembled an army said to number thirty thousand men to march upon Himera. The Greeks of Himera sought and received help from the Greeks of Agrigento and Syracuse. The three combined Greek armies literally massacred the Carthaginians, and thus the Carthaginian threat to the Sicilian Greeks was effectively eliminated, at least for the remainder of that century.

In 409 BC, Hannibal, grandson of Hamilcar, led a large Carthaginian army against Himera. This time, the Greeks were defeated and Himera was destroyed. It is believed that the Imerians who survived the battle fled to Termini and Caccamo.

New Owner : Miss. Arianna Parrillo.Sam

SICILY, Himera. Circa 412-409 BC. Æ HemilitronSICILY, Himera. Circa 412-409 BC. Æ Hemilitron – Hexonkion (11mm, 1.48 g, 9h). Head of female facing slightly left, wearing tainia / Crawfish left; six pellets (mark of value [only five visible]) above. Kraay, Bronze, p. 31, 4a; CNS 36; HGC 2, 481. Dark green-brown patina, compact flan. Near EF. Well centered and attractive.

From the Roy Iwata Collection. Ex Grand Haven Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 478, 7 October 2020), lot 42.4 commentsMark R1

Sicily, Messana, Mamertinoi, SNG ANS 456-8Messana, Sicily, Mamertinoi Hemilitron, 289-270 B.C. AE, 23/20mm 6.84g, CNS I p. 112, 47; SNG ANS 456-8
O: Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre (?) behind
R: Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm-branch; six pellets in right field

MAMERTINI or "children of Mars," was the name taken by a band of Campanian (or Samnite) freebooters who about 289 B.C. seized the Greek colony of Messana at the north-east corner of Sicily, after having been hired by Agathocles to defend it (Polyb. 1. 7. 2). - 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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SICILY, SYRACUSECa. 410 BC
AE Hemilitron 16.5 mm 2.95 g
O: Female head l., hair in sphendone, D before
R: Dolphin leaping r. above scallop-shell
Syracuse
Calciati II, 558, 24.

laney

Sicily, SyracuseDionysios I
Sicily, Syracuse; 357-344 BC

Head of Arethusa left
Dolphin leaping right, scallop shell below; ΣΥΡΑ between

Bronze hemilitron

3 commentsarizonarobin

SICILY, SYRACUSEca 409 BC
Time of Dionysius I (The Tyrant)
AE HEMILITRON 19 mm 7.71 g
O: Head of Athena, left
R: Hippocamp, left
Syracuse
Calciata-34laney

Sicily, SyracuseSear 1186, CNS 20-22; SNG ANS 404-410.

AE hemilitron, struck ca. 405 B.C., either under the Second Democracy (466-405 B.C.) or during the reign of Dionysos I (405-367 B.C.), 4.09 g., 17.33 mm. max. (including spur), 15.94 mm. max. (excluding spur), 180°.

Obv.: Head of nymph left, wearing ampyx and sphendone; dolphin behind.

Rev: Wheel of four spokes, SY-PA in upper quarters, dolphins in lower quarters.

Coins of this issue included dies signed by the masters Kimon (KIM), Phrygillos (Î¦PI), Eukleidas (EY) and possibly Eumenes (E).Stkp

SICILY, SYRACUSEca 409 BC
Time of Dionysius I (The Tyrant)
AE HEMILITRON 20 mm 7.07 g
O: Head of Athena, left, STRA before
R: Hippocamp, left
Syracuse
Calciata-34
(ex HJBerk)
1 commentslaney

SICILY, SYRACUSECa 405 – 367 BC
Time of Dionysos I
AE hemilitron 19 mm, 6.52 g
O: Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet
R: Hippocamp left
Sicily, Syracuse
laney

Sicily, Syracuse - Agathocles (317-289 BCE)Metal/Size: AE21; Weight: 6.3 grams; Denomination: Hemilitron; Mint: Syracuse, Sicily; Date: 317-310 BCE; Obverse: Head of Kore-Persephone left, crowned with ears of corn; to left, ΣΥΡΑKOΣIΩN. Reverse: Bull butting left; dolphins left above and below. No sign of symbols. References: Sear #1195; CNS 96; HGC 2, #1444; SNG ANS #566.museumguy

Sicily, Syracuse, Athena, HippocampDionysios I
Sicily, Syracuse
405 - 367 BC
AE Hemilitron
Obv.: Head of Athena wearing corinthian helmet, ΣYPA to left
Rev.: Hippocamp left, with curled wing
AE, 6.67g, 18.8mm
Ref.: SNG ANS 434-446
shanxi

Sicily, Syracuse, Calciati II p. 41, 18Syracuse, Sicily mint, Hemilitron, c. 415 - 410 B.C. AE, 17mm 3.9g, SGCV I 1185, Calciati II p. 41, 18
O: Head of Arethusa left, hair in a sphendone
R: Incuse circle containing 16 pointed star at center, all within quadripartite incuse square
casata137ec

Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I, SNG ANS 411Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I, 405-367 B.C. (Struck circa 405 BC) AE Hemilitron, 16mm, 3.54 g, CNS 20; SNG ANS 411; SNG Morcom 682 var.
O: Head of nymph left, wearing ampyx and sphendone; dolphin behind
R: ΣΥ-ΡA and two dolphins in wheel with four spokes
3 commentscasata137ec

Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 415-25, ΣYPA, Dolphin, and shell,Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 415-25, ΣYPA, Dolphin, and shell,
avers: No legend, Head of Arethusa left, wearing a necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone, olive leaves behind.
reverse: Dolphin swimming right, Σ Y P A and cockle shell below.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 15,5-18,0mm, weight: 3,20g, axes: 6h,
mint: Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I., date: 405-367 B.C., ref: SNG Ans 415-25, SNG Cop 697-699, CNS 24/1-7, HGC 2, 1480,
Q-0014 commentsquadrans

Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 426-433, Hippocamp left, #1Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 426-433, Hippocamp left, #1
avers: Σ Y P A, Head of Athena to left wearing olive-wreathed Corinthian helmet.
reverse: No legend, Hippocamp left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 7,68g, axes: 7h,
mint: Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I., date: c. 400 B.C.,
ref: CNS 35; HGC 2, 1456; SNG Copenhagen 721; SNG ANS 426-433.
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Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 426-433, Hippocamp left, #2Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 426-433, Hippocamp left, #2
avers: Σ Y P A, Head of Athena to left wearing olive-wreathed Corinthian helmet.
reverse: No legend, Hippocamp left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-21,0mm, weight: 8,05g, axes: 2h,
mint: Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I., date: c. 400 B.C.,
ref: CNS 35; HGC 2, 1456; SNG Copenhagen 721; SNG ANS 426-433.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 BC. Æ HemilitronStruck circa 287-283 BC.

Obv.
Head of Kore left, wearing wreath of grain ears

Rev.
Nike driving galloping biga right

9.25 gr
22 mmokidoki

Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy(Circa 415-405 BC)Hemilitron

16mm, 3.82 g

Obverse: Head of Arethusa to left, hair in sphendone.

Rev. Î£Y-PA Wheel of four spokes, dolphins in lower quarters.

CNS 22. SNG ANS 404-410.

Arethusa was a naiad (a water nymph) who frolicked in the vicinity of Olympia and was desired and pursued by the river-god Alpheios. She appealed for assistance from Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt and the protector of women. Aretemis transformed her into an underground stream emerging as a freshwater spring on the Sicilian island of Ortygia, the future site of Syracuse. Undaunted, Alpheios diverted his river’s flow underground to follow Arethusa, and both of their waters now mingle eternally in the Fountain of Arethusa in Ortygia. Arethusa’s image on coins is usually accompanied by dolphins, which were common in the sea around Ortygia in classical times.Nathan P

Sicily, Syracuse: Hieron II (275-215 BCE) Æ Hemilitron (BAR Issue 62; CNS 195 Ds 42 R1 8; HGC 2, 1548)Obv: Diademed head left; wreath to right
Rev: Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse prancing right; monogram to lower right; IEÎ¡Î©NOÎ£ in exergue
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Sicily,Syracuse. AE 18 HemilitronSNG ANS 415-25 / 400-390 BC
obv: head of nymph l. wearing ampyx and sphendone.
two leaves be hind.
rev: dolphin swimming r., scallop shell belowhill132

Sicily. HIMERA.. Ae hemilitron.. 420-408 B.C. Obverse: Head of nymph Himera left wearing sphendone, six pellets before.

Reverse: Six pellets within laurel wreath.

Weight: 4.23 grams.

Diameter: 15.44 mm.

Choice EFMark R1

Sicily: AgyrionSICILY. Agyrion. Ae Hemilitra (Mid 4th century BC), 20mm, 5.3g. Obv: AΓYPINAION. Obv: Head of young river god(?) right. Rev: ΠALAΓKAIOS (retro). Achelous Palagkaios as (the forepart of) a man-headed bull right. MSP I, 6 (this coin illustrated).

Pecunem 12, lot 221 commentsMolinari

SICILY: AgyrionAgyrion, mid 4th century BC. Male head right/ Forepart of Acheloios Palagkaios as a man-faced bull to right, PALAGKAIOS above. MSP I, 9.

Ex. ACR eAuction 32, lot 159.Molinari

SICILY: TauromenionSICILY, Tauromenion. Circa 339/8-336 BC. Æ Hemilitron(?) (25mm, 16.81 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo Archagetas left / Achelous Asines as a man-faced bull standing left; grape bunch to left. Castrizio Series III, 1Î²; Campana 1b; CNS III, 211, 4 (this coin illustrated); HGC 2, 1577; Virzi 1995–6; MSP I, 63 (this coin illustrated).

From the Trinacria Collection. Ex Elsen 36 (17 September 1994), lot 94. CNG 97, lot 51.Molinari

Syracuse - AE hemilitronunder Agathocles
317-289 BC
head of Kore left wreathed with grain, amthora ?
ΣΥΡAKOΣIΩN
bull butting left, dolphin above and below
(NK)
cf. Calciati II p. 218, 96 DS 114 R1 4
8,13g 20mmJ. B.

Syracuse, Dionysios I. Arethusa and Wheel Hemilitron.Greek Sicily. Syracuse, Dionysios I. 405-395 BC. AR Hemilitron (0.33 gm, 8mm, 12d). Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone (sakkos). / ΣΥ ΡΑ and two dolphins within segments of four-spoke wheel. aVF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2009. SNG ANS 5 #301-303; HGC 2 #1392; C.Boehringer Münzprägungen pl.II #19; Manganaro Mikrà 27 (pl.4 #43); McClean Coll. I #2727 (pl.97 #3); SNG Ashmolean II #2019; SNG Cop 1 #669; SNG Lloyd 1379.Anaximander

Syracuse, dolphinSyracuse, Sicily, c. 400 B.C. Bronze hemilitron, Calciati II p. 55, 24, F/VF, nice green patina, Syracuse mint, 4.379g, 15.7mm, 0o, c. 400 B.C.; obverse head of nymph left wearing ampyx and sphendone; reverse “SURA”, dolphin swimming right over scallop shell. ex FORVM1 commentsPodiceps

Syracuse, Reign of Dionysius I 405-367 BC
AE Hemilitron (18mm, 4.12g)
O: Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone and wearing earring and necklace; dolphin behind.
R: Wheel of four spokes; ΣΥ-ΡΑ in upper quadrants, two dolphins in lower quadrants.
HGC 2, 1479; Calciati 20; SNG ANS 404-10; Sear 1186
ex Jack H. Beymer

“The Island of Ortygia... has the fountain of Arethusa, which sends forth a river that empties immediately into the sea. People tell the mythical story that the river Arethusa is the Alpheus, which latter, they say, rises in the Peloponnesus, flows underground through the sea as far as Arethusa, and then empties thence once more into the sea.”
~ Strabo1 commentsEnodia

Syracuse, Reign of Dionysius I 405-367 BC
AE Hemilitron (17.2mm, 5.95g)
O: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; ΣΥΡΑ before.
R: Hippocamp with curled wing left, bridle trailing.
HGC 2, 1456; SNG ANS 426-33
From the H. Wallace collection; ex ECIN

1 commentsEnodia

Syracuse, Reign of Dionysius I405-367 BC
AE Hemilitron (18mm, 3.05g)
O: Head of Arethusa (Artemis?) left, wearing ampyx and sphendone; laurel branch behind
R: Dolphin jumping right over scallop shell; ΣYPA between.
HGC 2, 1480; SNG ANS 417; Sear 1187
ex Forvm Auctions
1 commentsEnodia

Syracuse, Second Democracy415-405 BC
AE Hemilitron (16mm, 4.59g)
O: Head of Arethusa left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace and sphendone.
R: Quadripartite incuse, eight-rayed star within incuse at center.
HGC 2, 1481; Sear 1185; CNS II, 16; SNG ANS 398
ex Aegean Numismatics

Arethusa was the Goddess of the local spring at Ortygia, the heart of Syracuse.

A special coin from a very dear friend.Enodia

Syracuse, SicilyDionysios I
406 - 367 B.C.
Bronze Hemilitron
6.77 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena facing left, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΣYPA to left above helmet
Rev.: Hippocamp prancing left, with curled wing
Minted 409-395 B.C.
Sear 1193v; BMC 2 p.289, 292;
CNS II 34; SNG ANS 434-4462 commentsJaimelai

Syracuse, SicilyDionysios I
406 - 367 B.C.
Bronze Hemilitron
3.52 gm, 16 mm
Obv.: Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone signed EY on the front; grain ear behind
Rev.: Wheel of four spokes; Î£Y– PA in above quarters, dolphins in lower quarters
Minted 405-400 B.C.
BMC Sicily p. 183, 247; Cf. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 25; Calciati Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 21

* Obverse die signed by the artist Eukleidas *8 commentsJaimelai

Syracuse, Sicily, Dionysios I, 405 - 367 B.C.Bronze hemilitron, 3.514g, 18.6mm, 270o, Syracuse mint, c. 400 - 390 B.C.
Obv: Head of nymph left, no earrings, wearing ampyx, with hair bound in sphendone; laurel branch with two leaves behind.
Rev: SURA, dolphin swimming right above inscription, inverted scallop shell below.
Ref: Calciati II p. 55, 24; SNG ANS 415 - 425
VFmjabrial

Syracuse, Sicily, Pyrrhos, 278 - 276 B.C.Bronze hemilitron, Calciati p. 333, 187/3; BMC Epirus p. 113, 33 (Epirus); SNG Cop 99 (Epirus); SNG ANS 842 var (obv owl behind); SNG München 620 var (same, Epirus), VF, nice style, Syracuse mint, weight 4.355g, maximum diameter 18.1mm, die axis 180o, 278 - 276 B.C.; obverse head of Athena left, in crested Corinthian helmet; reverse grain ear, BAÎ£IÎ›Eâ„¦Î£ / Î YPPOY above and below, all within oak wreath;

In 279 B.C., Pyrrhus' forces, supporting the Greek cities of southern Italy, met and defeated the Romans at the battle of Asculum in Apulia. Pyrrhus, however, lost many men, several close associates, and all of his baggage. When one of his soldiers congratulated him on his victory, he famously replied: "Another such victory and we are ruined!" From this we have the term Pyrric victory, a victory achieved at ruinous cost.

EX; FORVM Ancient Coins Shop.

*With my sincere thank , Photo and Description courtesy of FORVM Ancient Coins Staff.

From The Sam Mansourati Collection.2 commentsSam

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