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Ancient Coinage of Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I

[Dewing 898ff]

Syracuse, time of Dionysios I, 405-367 BC.

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Calciati 14v		Text	Image
BMC 166	Syracuse, Sicily, AR Hemidrachm. c 410-400 BC. Quadriga right, driven by charioteer, holding goad in right hand, reins in both, horses prancing, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer, two dolphins meeting in ex / head of Artemis-Arethusa left, in sphendone, dolphin downward before, another behind.	Text	Obv	Rev
Calciati 11	SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 410 BC. Ć Tetras (4.47 gm). SURA before, diademed & horned head of a river god left / Octopus. SNG ANS 393.	Text	Image
Calciati 14cf	icily, Syracuse Ć 14mm. ca 400-375 BC. Head of Arethusa left / octopus. SNG ANS 389cf.	Text	Image
Calciati 14v	Sicily, Syracuse Ć 14mm. ca 400-375 BC. Head of Arethusa left; star behind / octopus. SNG ANS 389cf.	Text	Image
Calciati 16	Sicily, Syracuse. c415-405 BC. Ć 16mm. Signed by Euainetos. Head of nymph left, with hair in sphendone decorated with star; EY behind / Eight point star in quadripartite incuse square. SNG ANS 399; Favorito 74d.	Text	Image
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Calciati 18	Sicily, Syracuse. Circa 415 BC. Ć 17mm. Female head left / Incuse square with incuse circle at center, in which star of sixteen rays. SNG ANS 394-397.	Text	Image
Calciati 19	SICILY, Syracuse. ca 410-405 BC. Obverse die signed by Phrygillos. Ć Hemilitron. Head of Arethusa left in sphendone signed FRU / SU-RA, four-spoked wheel; two dolphins in lower spaces. SNG ANS 412.	Text	Image
Calciati 21	SICILY, Syracuse. ca 410-405 BC. Ć Hemilitron. Head of Arethusa left, ear of grain behind / SU-RA, four-spoked wheel; two dolphins in lower spaces. SNG ANS 403, SNG Cop 696.	Text	Image
Calciati 21		Text	Image
Calciati 21[7]	Syracuse Ć hemilitron. c400 BC. Female head left, hair wrapped in sphendone at back of neck, ear of barley behind. / Four-spoked wheel, SU PA in upper two quadrants, two dolphins in lower two quadrants.	Text	Obv	Rev
Calciati 22	Sicily, Syracuse AE 15. Female head to left, in earrings, hair bound in sphendone / SV-PA & two dolphins in quadrants of wheel with four spokes.	Text	Obv	Rev
Calciati 24	Syracuse. c400 BC. Ć Hemilitron. Head of nymph left, wearing ampyx and sphendone; two leaves behind / Dolphin swimming right over scallop shell.	Text	Image
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Calciati 29	SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 400 BC. Ć Tetras. 3/4 facing head of a nymph, head turned slightly left, in necklace / Octopus. SNG ANS 385, SNG Cop 679-680.	Text	Image
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Calciati 33	SICILY, Syracuse. ca 390 BC. Ć Drachm SURA, helmeted head of Athena left, in necklace & Corinthian helmet; dolphin downwards behind / Hippocamp left, waves below.	Text	Image
Calciati 34	Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron. After 409 BC. Head of Athena left / Hippocamp left.	Text	Obv	Rev

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Calciati 35	Sicily, Syracuse. After 410 BC. Ć 17mm. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with coiled serpent / Hippocamp left without bridles.	Text	Image
Calciati 44	Sicily, Syracuse. After 410 BC. Ć 19mm. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with olive wreath; dolphin before and behind / Hippocamp left; reins trailing.	Text	Image
Calciati 62	Sicily, Syracuse. Circa 395 BC. Ć Drachm (28.35 gm). SURA, head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, olive wreath on bowl / Sea-star between two dolphins. SNG ANS 454ff; Favorito 14.	Text	Image
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Calciati 62ff	Sicily, Syracuse. Circa 395 BC. Ć Drachm. SURA, head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, olive wreath on bowl / Sea-star between two dolphins.	Text	Image
Calciati 66	SICILY, Syracuse. ca 380 BC. Ć Drachm. SURA, head of Athena left, in Corinthian helmet decorated with an olive wreath; pellet behind / Sea-star between two dolphins; pellet between dolphins' tails.	Text	Image
Calciati 76	Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron. ca 400 BC. Head Of Athena left / hippocamp flying left. SNG ANS 434.	Text	Obv	Rev
Dewing_898ff	Syracuse. c405-400 BC. AR Dekadrachm. Reverse die signed by Euainetos. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left holding kentron; Nike above crowning charioteer; armor & spear in ex / Wreathed head of Arethusa left, four dolphins around; Ć before, EY-AINE below.	Text	Image
Dewing_907	Syracuse. c405-400 BC. AR Dekadrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron; Nike above crowning charioteer; armor & spear in ex / Wreathed head of Arethusa left, four dolphins round; shell behind.	Text	Image
Jameson_837	Sicily, Syracuse. Circa 405 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Unsigned reverse die by Parmenides. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer, grain ear in exergue / SURA[KOSI]WN, head of Arethusa left, in ampyx & sphendone, surrounded by four dolphins swimming.	Text	Image
McClean_2724	Sicily, Syracuse, AR Hemidrachm. Circa 399-387. SURAKOSION, head of Arethusa left with hair in sphendone, dolphin on either sides / Charioteer in a quadriga galloping right, Nike flying left above, two dolphins in ex.	Text	Image
SNGANS 293	Syracuse AR Litra. From the period of the master die-engravers, c. 405-395 BC, unsigned work of Phrygillos, ...YPAKO...ION Head of Artemis-Arethusa left, wearing sphendone, dolphin behind / Cuttle-fish, star to left on head, two tentacles clasped in a knot.	Text	Obv	Rev
SNGANS 296	Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm. ca 405-395 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, dolphin left / Head of Arethusa left; four dolphins around. Tudeer 89.	Text	Image
SNGANS 297	Sicily, Syracuse. c405-395 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron; Nike above crowning charioteer, dolphin swimming left in ex / Head of Arethusa left, 4 dolphins around.	Text	Image
SNGANS 301	Syracuse, Sicily, AR Hemilitron (0.39g). c 400 BC, Head of Arethusa left, hair restrained in back by an open weave sakkos / Wheel, SY PA & two dolphins in compartments.	Text	Obv	Rev
SNGANS 304	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 410-405 BC. Reverse die signed by Eumenos. AR Drachm. LEV-K-A-S-GIS, Leukaspis with sword & shield attacking right; EY in ex / SV-P-A-K-OSION, head of Arethusa right, four dolphins around; EYMENOY below.	Text	Image
SNGANS 316	Sicily, Syracuse. Time of Dionysios I AV 10 Litrae - Didrachm (10mm, 0.66 gm). Struck circa 406-405 BC. SURA (retrograde), head of Athena left in crested Attic helmet / Aegis with gorgoneion in center.	Text	Image
SNGANS 319cf	Syracuse, Sicily, AE16. ca 405-400 BC. Compact head of Arethusa left, in necklace & triple-pendant earring, star ornamented on back of stephane / Star at center of quadripartite incuse square.	Text	Obv	Rev
SNGANS 351	Sicily, Syracuse. c405 BC. AV 20 Litrae - Tetradrachm. Head of a young Herakles left, in lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square; small female head in deeper incuse circle, S-U-R-A in each quarter.	Text	Image
SNGANS 351		Text	Image
SNGANS 358	Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I AR Dekadrachm. Unsigned dies by Kimon, struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, & Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; AQLA below / SURAKOSIWN, head of Arethusa left, in single-pendant earring and necklace, hair restrained at the back of her head in an open-weave sakkos; surrounded by four swimming dolphins.	Text	Image

SNGANS 360		Text	Image
SNGANS 360	Sicily, Syracuse. a 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies by Kimon. AR Dekadrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line: a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass & Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, AQLA below / SURAK-OSIW, head of Arethusa left, in single-pendant earring & necklace, hair restrained at back of head in an open weave sakkos; all surrounded by four dolphins swimming.	Text	Image
SNGANS 362	Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I AR Dekadrachm. Reverse die signed by Euainetos, struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, & Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; [AQLA] below / SU-RA-K-O-SIWN, wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; surrounded by four swimming dolphins; [E]Y-[AI]NE below lower dolphin. SNGCop 689.	Text	Image
SNGANS 363	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 405-400 BC. Reverse die signed by Euainetos. AR Dekadrachm . Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line: a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass & Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, [AQLA] below / SU-[RA-K-O-SIW] above, wreathed head of Persephone-Kore left, in triple-pendant earring & necklace, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; signed [EY-AINE] below lower dolphin.	Text	Image
SNGANS 365	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 405-400 BC. Reverse die signed by Euainetos. AR Dekadrachm (43.15 gm). Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line: a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass & Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, AQLA below / [SU-RA-KO-S]-IWN above, wreathed head of Persephone-Kore left, in triple-pendant earring & necklace, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; signed [EY-AIN]E below lower dolphin.	Text	Image
SNGANS 365		Text	Image
SNGANS 369	Sicily, Syracuse AR Dekadrachm. ca 405-400 BC. Signed reverse die of Euainetos. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line: a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass & Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, [AQLA] below / Wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; [EY-AINE] below lower dolphin. Gallatin obv. R.VI / rev. C.XIV, Dewing 893-895	Text	Image
SNGANS 371	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 405-400 BC. AR Dekadrachm, signed by Euainetos. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron, Nike flying above crowning charioteer; in ex a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass & Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, AQLA below / SU-RA-K-O-SIWN, wreathed head of Persephone, four dolphins around, D under chin, EY-AINE below lower dolphin.	Text	Image
SNGANS 372	Syracuse. Time of Dionysius I. 400-390 BC. AR Dekadrachm (unsigned, school of Euainetos). (41.60 grams). Quadriga left / Arethusa left. SNGCop 690.	Text	Image
SNGANS 373	Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I AR Dekadrachm. Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, & Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear, [AQLA] below / S-U-RA-K-OS-IWN, wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; surrounded by four swimming dolphins; shell behind.	Text	Image
SNGANS 374	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 405-400 BC. AR Dekadrachm, style of Euainetos. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron, Nike flying above crowning charioteer; in ex a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass & Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, AQLA below / SU-RA-K-O-SIWN, wreathed head of Persephone, four dolphins around, shell hehind.	Text	Image
SNGANS 376	Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. ca 425 BC. Female head right, hair tied at top of head, two dolphins flanking neck / Octopus, three pellets (mark of value) in field. SNG Morcom 675-676.	Text	Image
SNGANS 394	yracuse, Sicily, AE17. ca 405 BC, signed by Euainetos. Head of Arethusa left, hair bound with wreath of corn-leaves, wearing triple-drop earring, EY behind. / Star of eight rays inside incuse circle at center of quadripartite incuse square.	Text	Obv	Rev
SNGANS 394		Text	Obv	Rev
SNGANS 394v	Syracuse, Sicily, Ć litra, (5.11g) c. 405 BC, signed by Euainetos, Head of Arethusa left, hair bound with wreath of corn-leaves, in triple-drop earring, E behind. / Star of eight rays inside incuse circle at center of quadripartite incuse square.	Text	Obv	Rev
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SNGANS 415	Syracuse, Sicily, Ć litra. c.405 BC, Female head left, with necklace, earring and sphendone, olive spray behind. / SYRA, dolphin leaping over scallop.	Text	Obv	Rev
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SNGANS 454	Sicily, Syracuse AE Drachm. ca 395 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left / octopus between two dolphins.	Text	Image
SNGANS 454ff	Sicily, Syracuse Ć Drachm. ca 395 BC. SURA, head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, olive wreath on bowl / Sea-star between two dolphins.	Text	Image
SNGCop 677	Sicily, Syracuse AE13. Late 5th-4th Century BC. Head of Arethusa left / Cuttle-fish.	Text	Image
SNGCop 694	Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I AR Dekadrachm. Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos, struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, & Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear / SUR-AKOSIWN, wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace; surrounded by four swimming dolphins, pellet before.	Text	Image

SNGLloyd_1021	Syracuse, Sicily, AR dekadrachm. c. 400 BC, signed die by Euainetos, Galloping quadriga driven left by charioteer, Nike flying right above, holding fillet, cuirass and helmet in ex / Head of Artemis-Arethusa left in 3-drop earring, dolphins around.	Text	Obv	Rev
Tudeer 2	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 415-405 BC. Reverse die signed by Sosion. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying above crowning charioteer / SVRAKO-SIO-N, head of Arethusa left in ampyx, looped earrings & necklace; ampyx signed SOSI/WN in two lines; four dolphins around.	Text	Image
Tudeer 48	SICILY. Syracuse. Ca. 412 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Signed by Euth... & Eumenos. Winged charioteer (Agon?) driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left to crown driver; in exergue, Scylla right pursuing fish right & artist's signature EUQ / SUR/[AKO/SION], head of Arethusa left, in pearl necklace, whorl earring, ampyx, & sphendone ornamented with stars, four dolphins around, artist's signature EUMENO-U under neck truncation. SNG Munich 1060.	Text	Image
Tudeer 77	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 405 BC. Reverse die signed by Parmenides. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron & reins in left hand, right hand raised; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer, grain ear in exergue / [SURA]KOSIWN, head of Arethusa left, in ampyx & sphendone, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; signature PARME under truncation of neck. Jameson 836.	Text	Image
Tudeer 90	Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. ca 405-395 BC. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both hands; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer, dolphin swimming left in exergue / Head of Arethusa left, large band in hair from under which hair flows upward & backward in flame-like locks (depicting her hair floating beneath the water), surrounded by four dolphins swimming.	Text	Image
Tudeer 101	Syracuse. c405-395 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left holding kentron; Nike above crowning charioteer, dolphin left in ex / Head of Arethusa left in sakkos, four dolphins around.	Text	Image
Tudeer 105	Sicily, Syracuse. ca 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies by Kimon. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both hands; Nike flying above & crowning charioteer; dolphin left in exergue / SURAKOSIW, head of Arethusa left, in single-pendant earring & necklace, hair restrained with an ampyx & at back of head in an open weave sakkos; all surrounded by four dolphins swimming. SNGLloyd 1409.	Text	Image
See also:	Magna Graecia Coins of Syracuse, Dionysios I
	Search for Dionysios I at CoinArchives.com
	Entry for dionysios_I on the Digital Historia Numorum
	Search for Dionysius I at AncientImports.com
	Search for Dionysius I in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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