Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction X 27 September 2015
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Sicily, Syracuse AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm. Dionysios I, circa 400-370 BC. Head of Arethusa left, hair in sakkos adorned with a star, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΣYPAKOΣION and pellet before, star behind / Herakles kneeling to right, strangling the Nemean Lion. Bérend 17, 4 (same dies); SNG ANS 330 (same dies). 5.81g, 14mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine; light traces of double striking. Rare.
Ex Isadore Snyderman Collection;
Privately purchased from J. Hirsch, early 1950s.
The reverse type of Herakles strangling the Nemean lion may be a reference to Dionysios' conflict with Carthage, who employed the African lion as one of their sigils, and featured it as the principal type on several of their coin issues.
Extremely Fine; light traces of double striking. Rare.
Ex Isadore Snyderman Collection;
Privately purchased from J. Hirsch, early 1950s.
The reverse type of Herakles strangling the Nemean lion may be a reference to Dionysios' conflict with Carthage, who employed the African lion as one of their sigils, and featured it as the principal type on several of their coin issues.