Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3981 Session 13 (2.30pm Thu 27th March) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $150
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SOLD $90
SICILY, Syracuse, Dionysios I, (405-367 B.C.), AE drachm. AE 28, (27.18 g), obv. head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left bound with olive wreath, to left traces of **[S*Y]RA, rev. starfish between two dolphins with central pellet, (S.1189, Boehringer Finanzpolitik Pl.39, 44, Calciati CNS 62, BMC 287, SNG ANS 454-469, Weber 1630). Deep green patina, nearly very fine and very scarce.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 78 (lot 4942).
Dionysios I or Dionysios the Elder (c.432 - 367 B.C.), was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies. He was regarded by ancient writers as an example of the worst kind of despot-cruel, suspicious and vindictive.
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