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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Sicily. Syracuse. c. 405-400 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.04g. (9h). Obv: Fast quadriga left with Nike crowning driver. Rx:Head of Arethusa left with two dolphins. Thin line border. Jameson 834. SNG Munich 1092. VF.
Only the third specimen recorded. Before the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysios I, switched to large-size bronze issues (notorious for being over-valued), he struck an attractive series of small silver coins that supplemented the latest group of tetradrachms of the signing artists, and copied their types.
Only the third specimen recorded. Before the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysios I, switched to large-size bronze issues (notorious for being over-valued), he struck an attractive series of small silver coins that supplemented the latest group of tetradrachms of the signing artists, and copied their types.