- Co 924 (Middle Classical hemilitra of Dionysios I of Syracuse) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -405
- Not before (date)
- -410
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- CNSBronze, vol. 2, p. 49, no. 21
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Extensive, thin film of pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 67 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Hemilitra
- Numismatic Authority
- Dionysius I (tyrant of Syracuse, 405-367 BCE)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Syracuse
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.99
- Obverse Description
- Head of Arethusa with elaborate coiffure to left, wearing earring and necklace
- Reverse Description
- Wheel with four spokes; in upper quadrants, letters; in lower quadrants, one leaping dolphin in each
- Reverse Inscription
- ΣΥ-ΡΑ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dolphin (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 924 (Middle Classical hemilitra of Dionysios I of Syracuse).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0924>
