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317-289 BC
AE16 (17mm, 3.71g)
O: Head of Kore (Persephone) left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, amphora behind.
R: Bull butting left; monogram above.
HGC 2, 1469; Calciati II, p. 238, 108; Sear 1195v
ex Aegean Numismatics
Delightful coin with a great previously undisclosed provenance. Provenance: this coin actually belonged, at one time, to the ersatz emperor Napolean of France, probably aquired during his smash tour of Italy. it came down to me through a distant scion of the family, one Sir Dudley H---, who served as aide-de-camp to Wellington at Waterloo. how my grandfather, a seasoned old RAF pilot who flew over North Africa during 'The Big One', ultimately came into posession i cannot say, but when i last saw him on his deathbed he leanned over and with his dying breath whispered to me "Peter, take this coin, which once belonged to Ol' Boney, and treat it with some Gringott's Mix from Forvm Ancient Coins, and let the world share in its beauty!" needless to say, i was duly moved!
Provenance: this coin actually belonged, at one time, to the ersatz emperor Napolean of France, probably aquired during his smash tour of Italy. it came down to me through a distant scion of the family, one Sir Dudley H---, who served as aide-de-camp to Wellington at Waterloo. how my grandfather, a seasoned old RAF pilot who flew over North Africa during 'The Big One', ultimately came into posession i cannot say, but when i last saw him on his deathbed he leanned over and with his dying breath whispered to me "Peter, take this coin, which once belonged to Ol' Boney, and treat it with some Gringott's Mix from Forvm Ancient Coins, and let the world share in its beauty!" needless to say, i was duly moved!
