Another impulse buy - Dionysios

Saw this and couldn’t resist. (This is the seller’s pic)

 

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Hard to resist those hippocamps

Nice coin!!

 

So jealous. Great impulse buy
If I had seen it I would have bought it too. Who doesn't love chunky coins?

 

Pretty cool coin. Nice helmeted obverse and interesting reverse.

 

It IS a cool coin. Someone else here on CT has one (maybe more someones) and I've always admired the design. Congratulations.

 

Several someones on CT have the type. Syracuse? Hippocamp? Yes please!

Here's mine, purchased for the pristine hippocamp.


SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I
Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm
Struck c. 390 BCE
Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet pushed back on head
Rev: hippocamp left
Ref: Calciati 35. SNG ANS 426
formerly in an NGC slab

 

Wow, that's very cool.


Thanks,
Jacob

 

Thanks for the kind words about the Dionysios.

@TIF - that’s a very nice coin.

 

I have one too!


Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I
Æ hemilitron, 400-39 BC, 18mm, 6.42 g, 3 h.
Obverse: ΣΥΡΑ, head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Reverse: Hippocamp left.
References: CNS 35; SNG ANS 426-33.

John

 

@Theodosius

That is a great coin. Exceptional photo also!

Peter

 

Thanks Peter. The obverse is a little crusty but I liked the hippocamp. I think TIF's is hard to beat.

 

Yeah, I almost told the wagon on I"m to go do something with itself and put a bid in on that coin. Having to pay for bills sucks. It's very cool, I love the type...glad it has a good home!

 

nice!

 

I wonder why this coin (and the others that jump out at me) creates the impulse to buy and others don’t.

 

I have always wanted one of these that has a snake on the helmet rather than the foliage. Anyone have one? Some have plain helmets and many are so worn/corroded you can't tell what was once there.