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Greek
Category
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieronymos. 215-214 BC. AV Quarter Stater – Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.12 g, 10h). Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / BAΣIΛEΩΣ IEPΩNYMOY, Winged thunderbolt; ΞA above. Holloway 53 (O25/R42); BAR Issue 77; HGC 2, 1565 (this coin illustrated). Lustrous. Superb EF. Extremely rare, only one other in CoinArchives.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 118; George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 41.
Belonging to Hieronymos' second issue of gold, this specimen was probably a presentation piece distributed at the beginning of Hieronymos' move to expel the Romans from their garrisons in Syracuse. With possibly only six specimens of hemidrachms known for his gold coinage, such a small number of surviving examples would seem to indicate either a limited mintage or a subsequent recoinage by later authorities. Due to the extreme rarity of gold from the Fifth (or Syracusan) Democracy with only one undisputed gold hemistater, a limited mintage seems more likely. Hieronymos retained Persephone on the obverse but replaced the biga on the reverse with a winged thunderbolt, perhaps alluding to his Pyrrhic ancestry. Description
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex James A. Ferrendelli Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 118; George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 41.
Belonging to Hieronymos' second issue of gold, this specimen was probably a presentation piece distributed at the beginning of Hieronymos' move to expel the Romans from their garrisons in Syracuse. With possibly only six specimens of hemidrachms known for his gold coinage, such a small number of surviving examples would seem to indicate either a limited mintage or a subsequent recoinage by later authorities. Due to the extreme rarity of gold from the Fifth (or Syracusan) Democracy with only one undisputed gold hemistater, a limited mintage seems more likely. Hieronymos retained Persephone on the obverse but replaced the biga on the reverse with a winged thunderbolt, perhaps alluding to his Pyrrhic ancestry. Description
EF
Grade
3451.5 EUR
Starting
5752.5 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized