SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (14mm, 5.78 g, 1h). Struck circa 400-370 BC. Near EF.Triton XXVII Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 11 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (14mm, 5.78 g, 1h). Struck circa 400-370 BC. Head of Arethousa left, hair in sakkos adorned with stars, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΣYP[AKOΣION] to left, star behind neck / Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean Lion; rocks below. Bérend Group V, 41 (D24/R20); HGC 2, 1275; SNG ANS 338 (same obv. die); SNG Spencer-Churchill 54 (same dies); Du Chastel 121 (same dies); Kunstfreund 128 (same dies). Minor flan flaws and trace deposits on obverse, minor double strike and die break on reverse. Near EF. |