Syracuse Coins [info Syracuse]
.. denomination weights n description Obv/Rev [Ref.]
510-415 BC
415-344 BC
344-289 BC
289-288 BC (Fourth Democracy)
AV 50-litra? 4.28 1 hd male /biga
AR ...? 12.28 hd Persephone /quadriga (see Hiketas)
288-278 BC (Hiketas) gold/silver=10/1
AV 50-litra 3.25- 4.35 29 hd Persephone /biga, galloping
AR 15-litra 12.33-13.03 8 hd Persephone /quadriga
AE ... 3.35-12.45 160 hd Zeus /eagle [C 154-173]
AE ... 6.58 1 hd Heracles ls/eagle [C 174]
278-276 BC (Pyrrhus)
AV 100-litra 8.52 1 hd Athena Cor helm/Nike
AV 50-litra 4.25- 4.29 4 hd Artemis /Nike
AV 50-litra 4.30 1 hd Persephone /biga driven by Nike [BMC 491]
AR 5 or 8-litra 4.98- 5.63 8 hd Kore /Athena shield spear
AE ... 6.04-11.46 48 hd Heracles ls/Athena shield spear [C 175-183]
AE ... 10.79-14.41 30 hd Phtia veal /winged thunderbolt [C 184]
AE ... 6.66- 8.75 26 hd Kore /Demeter seated [C 185-186]
AE ... 4.89- 6.08 12 hd Athena /corn-ear,oak-wreath [C 187-188]
275/74-216 BC (Hieron II)
AV 50-litra 3.96- 4.48 44 hd Kore / biga
AR 32-litra 16.31-28.35 4 hd Hieron /quadriga, driven by Nike
AR 16-litra 11.51-15.51 94 hd Philistis veiled/quadriga, driven by Nike
AR 8-litra 6.05- 7.01 25 hd Gelon II / biga, driven by Nike
AR 5-litra 5.05- 6.04 10 hd Athena Cor helm /Pegasus [CP II, octobol S 1- 5]
AR 5-litra 3.77- 4.51 21 hd Philistis veiled/ biga, driven by Nike
AR 4-litra 2.91- 3.39 22 hd Gelon II /eagle on fulmen
AR ... 3.08 1 hd Persephone / biga
AR 2.5-litra 1.96- 2.17 12 hd Apollo /female (Isis) with veil
AR 1.25-litra 0.96- 1.10 10 hd Artemis /owl front
AR litra 0.66- 0.79 6 hd Athena Cor helm /XIII, 3p
AR ... 0.49 1 hd male /XII
AE ... 33.30-35.71 11 hd Hieron diademed /biga driven by Nike [C 196]
AE ... 15.51-20.23 66 hd Hieron laureated/horseman [C 193]
AE ... 13.04-19.97 110 hd Hieron diademed /horseman [C 195]
AE ... 10.21-11.24 8 hd Kore /Pegasus [C 201]
AE ... 2.73- 4.29 8 hd female /Pegasus [C 202]
AE ... 2.73- 7.47 166 hd Kore /bull butting, exergue plain/dolphin/IE/club [C 189-192, 199-200]
AE ... 4.56- 9.76 90 hd Poseidon/ornamented trident IERONOS [C 194, 197-198]
AE ... 4.18- 4.29 4 hd Apollo /horse galloping [C 203]
215-214 BC (Hieronymus)
AV 50-litra 4.22- 4.24 3 hd Persephone /winged thunderbolt BASILEOS IERONYMOY [H 1]
AV 25-litra 2.10- 2.16 5 hd Persephone /winged thunderbolt BASILEOS IERONYMOY [H 2, 17, 39, 53-54]
AR 24-litra 17.67-20.37 9 hd Hieronymus /winged thunderbolt BASILEOS IERONYMOY [H 3- 5, 18-20, 32]
AR 10-litra 6.62- 8.60 208 hd Hieronymus /fwinged thunderbolt BASILEOS IERONYMOY [H 6-14, 21-30, 33-36, 40-50, 52, 55-59, 61]
AR 5-litra 3.99- 4.27 18 hd Hieronymus /winged thunderbolt BASILEOS IERONYMOY [H 15-16, 31, 37-38, 51, 60]
AE litra? 7.49-10.49 20 hd Hieronymus /winged thunderbolt BASILEOS IERONYMOY [C 204, H 62-83]
214-212 BC (Democracy)
AV 32-litra 2.70- 2.72 2 hd Athena C helm/Artemis with bow and dog (genuine?)
AR 16-litra 13.42-13.64 3 hd Zeus /quadriga driven by Nike
AR 12-litra 7.08-10.26 24 hd Athena /Artemis stg with bow and dog
AR 10-litra 8.47 1 hd Persephone /Zeus with sceptre and eagle
AR 8-litra 5.88- 6.82 23 hd Athena C helm/fulmen, SYPAKOSION
AR 8-litra 6.61- 7.00 3 hd Persephone /quadriga driven by Nike
AR 6-litra 4.87- 5.11 4 hd Herakles ls /biga driven by Nike
AR 2.5 litra 2.12- 3.36 2 hd Apollo / Nike with palm and trophy [BMC 660]
212-... BC (Roman Period)
AE ... 8.61-12.86 15 hd Apollo /Dioskouros riding [C 205-206]
AE ... 5.65- 7.25 8 hd Poseidon /ornamented trident SYPAKOSION [C 207]
AE ... 1.61- 3.14 12 idem but smaller [C 208-209]
AE ... 1.62 1 hd Athena /prow [C 210]
AE ... 3.00- 4.29 2 hds Dioscuri /Dioskouros riding [C 211]
AE ... 1.31- 2.79 11 hd Apollo /tripod [C 212-213]
AE ... 2.32- 3.25 6 hd Apollo /apex [C 214-216]
AE ... 1.84- 4.31 14 hd Kore /wreath of corn [C 217-218]
AE ... 3.22- 3.46 2 hd Artemis /lyre [C 219]
AE ... 1.72 1 hd Helena /hds Dioskouroi [C 220, SNG Lloyd N.1573]
AE ... 2.29- 3.08 7 hd Apollo /torch [C 221]
AE ... 3.03- 3.45 3 hd Janiform /thyrsus [C 222]
AE ... 1.82- 2.26 3 hd Asklepios /staff with serpent [C 223]
AE ... 1.14- 1.56 2 hd Artemis /quiver [C 224]
AE ... 3.31- 3.63 2 hd Apollo /quiver [C 225]
AE ... 4.12-12.25 43 hd Zeus /biga driven by Nike [C 226-229]
AE ... 8.97-14.60 7 hd Zeus /quadriga [C 230]
AE ... 5.92- 9.42 10 hd Kore /Demeter stg [C 231]
AE ... 9.65 1 hd Kore /female stg [C 232]
AE ... 6.18- 8.97 11 hd Ares helmet /Nike kneeling on ram [C 233]
AE ... 5.20- 6.59 6 hd Zeus /eagle stg open wings [C 234-235]
AE ... 4.58- 6.80 6 hd Isis /lotus-flower [C 237]
AE ... 4.87- 8.54 11 hd Artemis rad /female naked stg [C 238]
AE ... 6.11- 7.05 3 hd bearded laur/female helm stg [C 239]
AE ... 5.81- 8.42 14 hd bearded laur/female helm veil stg [C 240]