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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 430 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (20) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This issue falls within the period of intense military pressure on Syracuse from Akragas and, more critically, the years immediately preceding the Athenian expedition of 415–413 BC. The city's mint was prolific and competitive — Syracusan die engravers of this generation were engaged in a documented artistic rivalry, signing their work and pushing technical limits in ways unmatched elsewhere in the Greek world. The specific references here, including Boehringer's corpus and the SNG ANS grouping, place this piece within a tightly sequenced die study.
Boehringer's 1968 chronological die study of early Syracusan tetradrachms remains the foundational reference for sequencing these issues.