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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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SICILY. Syracuse. Time of Dionysius I (405-367 BC). AV 20 litrae or tetradrachm (10mm, 1.13 gm, 9h). Struck ca. 405 BC. ΣYPA, head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square, small head of Arethusa in central incuse circle, Σ-Y-P-A in each quarter. C. Boehringer, "Zu Finanzpolitik und Münzprägung des Dionysios von Syrakus" in Essays Thompson, pl. 38, 13. SNG ANS 351. Slightly rusty obverse die, otherwise a choice example. Minor die rust, otherwise Mint State.
Estimate: 1500-2100 USD
SICILY. Syracuse. Time of Dionysius I (405-367 BC). AV 20 litrae or tetradrachm (10mm, 1.13 gm, 9h). Struck ca. 405 BC. ΣYPA, head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square, small head of Arethusa in central incuse circle, Σ-Y-P-A in each quarter. C. Boehringer, "Zu Finanzpolitik und Münzprägung des Dionysios von Syrakus" in Essays Thompson, pl. 38, 13. SNG ANS 351. Slightly rusty obverse die, otherwise a choice example. Minor die rust, otherwise Mint State.
Estimate: 1500-2100 USD