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Diobol
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 317 BC - 310 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse description | Jugate busts of the Dioskouroi (Castor and Pollux) facing left, both depicted as youthful male heads; the foreground figure wears a laureate or wreathed cap, while the second head is visible behind and slightly overlapping, adorned with a similar wreath. The hair of both figures is rendered in flowing, finely engraved curls in the accomplished late Syracusan style. A small earring is visible on the nearer bust. The field is smooth and unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | A bull walking left with head lowered in a charging attitude, rendered with naturalistic musculature and careful anatomical detail characteristic of Syracusan die-engraving of the period of Agathokles. A ground line runs beneath the animal. The ethnic legend ΣYPAK – OΣIΩN is disposed in two parts: ΣYPAK above in the upper field and OΣIΩN below the ground line, all in Greek majuscules. |
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| Mintage | ND (317 BC - 310 BC) |
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