Co 924 (Middle Classical hemilitra of Dionysios I of Syracuse) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph