Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Sicily, Syracuse AV 50 Litrai. Dionysios I, circa 405-400 BC. Youthful bare head of the river-god Anapos left / Horse galloping right, ΣYRAKOΣIΩN on exergual band. SNG Lloyd 1425; SNG ANS 341; SNG Copenhagen 688; Dewing 927-8; BMC 170 (all from the same dies). 2.88g, 12mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine. Previously NGC graded AU 5/5 4/5 (4371783-003). Rare.
Acquired from Editions V. Gadoury, Monaco.
Anapos was the partner of the nymph Cyane, who both witnessed Hades' abduction of Persephone and tried to prevent it; Hades turned Cyane into a spring on the site of Syracuse, and Anapos into a river (the river Anapo in southern Sicily).
Good Extremely Fine. Previously NGC graded AU 5/5 4/5 (4371783-003). Rare.
Acquired from Editions V. Gadoury, Monaco.
Anapos was the partner of the nymph Cyane, who both witnessed Hades' abduction of Persephone and tried to prevent it; Hades turned Cyane into a spring on the site of Syracuse, and Anapos into a river (the river Anapo in southern Sicily).