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Syracuse 375-344 BC AE hemilitron 6.74 g 1.7 cm 1.7 cm

obverse: hd Athena l wearing Corinthian helmet ΣYPA
reverse: Hippocamp l
Calciati CNS II 34, Hoover HCS 1456
Munthandel G. Henzen February 1995 vw 291, 84 euro

C Common

409-409 BC hemilitron (Calciati)

C 34  helmet plain.        SURA in front.  
C 35  helmet with serpent. SURA SWSIA in front. It is suggested that SOSIA is the name of the engraver.
                                               Different styles contradict this suggestion (Manganaro, see CALCIATI 1986 p 83).  
C 36  helmet plain.        SURA  in front.     Barbarous imitations of 5C. BC. 
C 37  helmet plain.        SURA  behind.       Barbarous imitations of 5C. BC.  
C 38  helmet with serpent. SURAK behind.       Barbarous imitations of 5C. BC. 
C 39  hd Athena r. 
C 40  hippocamp r.