SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 50 Litrai – Dekadrachm (11mm, 2.89 g, 11h). Struck circa 400-370 BC. Head of young male (Anapos?) left; ΣYPA to left / Horse prancing right on exergue line [inscribed ΣYPAKOΣIΩN]; [all within shallow incuse square]. Bérend 8.1 (D4/R3 – this coin); HGC 2, 1281; SNG ANS 346 (same dies); Pozzi 607 (same dies). Compact flan, trace deposits, slight die wear on reverse. Near EF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from A. Kosoff, July 1965. Ex Hess-Leu [19] (12 April 1962), lot 106; Hess-Leu [7] (16 April 1957), lot 118; Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 235.
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