The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. SICILY. Syracuse , Dionysios I (c.405-367 B.C.), Gold 100 Litrae, 5.80g,. Struck c.400 B.C. ΣY[PAKOΣIΩN] , head of Arethusa facing to left, wearing an earring and a pearl necklace, her hair held in a sphendone ornamented with stars, a pellet behind. Rev. Herakles kneeling to right, wrestling the Nemean lion (D. Bérend, Le Monnayage d’or de Syracuse sous Denys I, Atti del VIII Convegno del Centro Internazionale di Studi Numismatici (Naples, 1983), 14, I, 2 (these dies); SNG ANS 327 (these dies); BMC 168). Good very fine and ra re . Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 3 November 1983 US$ 16,000
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