Coin: 1324

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Details

Object Type: coin
Denomination: hemilitra
Metal: Bronze
Region: Italy
State: Sicily
City: Syracuse
Ruler: Dionysos 1 (-406 to -367)
Date: -406 to -400
Obverse Figure Description: Arethusa, head, left
Reverse Figure Description: Wheel, with four spokes
Reverse Legend: ΣΥΡΑ
Reverse Attributes: dolphin, two of the wheel sections have dolphins swimming
Citations: ANS, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, 1969-1998 Part 5, Sicily III 403v
References: ANS

Size: 17 in mm
Die Axis: 6
Weight: 3.9 in grams
Accession: Accession number: 57, 1967-11-04, Gift of: Knobloch
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