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Drachm
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 415 BC - 413 BC |
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| Engraver(s) | Eumenes |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΥ-Ǝ |
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| Mint | Syracuse |
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The narrow date range of 415–413 BC places this coin squarely within the Athenian expedition against Syracuse — one of the most catastrophic military miscalculations of the ancient world. Athens dispatched roughly 200 ships and 40,000 men; nearly all were killed or enslaved. Syracuse, defending successfully, would have been minting throughout the siege, and coins of this type almost certainly passed through the hands of soldiers on both sides.
SNG Copenhagen 665 locates this within a well-documented Syracusan drachm sequence, though attribution of specific dies to precise sub-years within this window remains contested among specialists.