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Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse, Sicily, Deinomenid Tyranny, Time of Hieron I, c. 475-470 B.C.

|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Deinomenid| |Tyranny,| |Time| |of| |Hieron| |I,| |c.| |475-470| |B.C.||tetradrachm|
From the height of Syracuse preeminence amongst the Sicilian Greeks, shortly after the great victory over the Carthaginian invaders at Himera in 480 B.C.SH86273. Silver tetradrachm, Boehringer 332 (V164/R232); Randazzo 504 (same dies); SNG ANS -, aEF, superb style, centered on a tight flan, attractive toning, some light marks, weight 17.315 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 270o, Syracuse mint, c. 485 - 479 B.C.; obverse charioteer walking slow quadriga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left hand, Nike above flying right crowning horses; reverse ΣYPAKOΣION, Head of Arethusa right, wearing earring, beaded necklace and beaded diadem, her hair tied in a krobylos, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise; ex Roma Numismatics, auction 6 (29 Sep 2013), lot 439; ex Comery Collection; SOLD


Syracuse, Sicily, Dionysos I, 405 - 367 B.C.

|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Dionysos| |I,| |405| |-| |367| |B.C.||dekadrachm|
Equal in value to the 42.5 g silver dekadrachm, and perhaps from one of the same engravers.Anapos was a river god of eastern Sicily. When Anapos and the nymph Cyane opposed the kidnapping of Persephone, Hades turned Anapos into a river (the river Anapo in southern Sicily) and Cyane into a fountain.SH34970. Gold dekadrachm, SNG ANS 346, gVF, weight 2.866 g, maximum diameter 11.5 mm, die axis 0o, Syracuse mint, c. 396 B.C.; obverse ΣYPA, head of Anapos left; reverse ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, horse prancing right; attractive, and without the die rust that plagues this issue; SOLD


Syracuse, Sicily, Hieronymos, 215 - 214 B.C.

|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Hieronymos,| |215| |-| |214| |B.C.||10| |litrai|
Hieronymus was a tyrant of Syracuse. He succeeded his grandfather, Hieron II, in 216 BC. He was at this time only fifteen years old, and he ascended the throne at a crisis full of peril, for the battle of Cannae had given a shock to the Roman power, the influence of which had been felt in Sicily. SH21616. Silver 10 litrai, "Coronation" coinage, Holloway 52, BMC 639 var, Choice EF, weight 8.505 g, maximum diameter 23.5 mm, die axis 0o, obverse diademed head of Hieronymos left; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt, ΣΩ above; SOLD







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