Token - Dionysios Double Deka Drachme

€357,956.00
LocationNot classified
Year
TypeUnclassified/Miscellaneous token
Composition(Red enamelling)
Weight
Diameter42 mm
Thickness3 mm
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionA brassy metal ring with cast (epoxy?) inner encasing a replica Dionysios Double Deka Drachme coin - Double decadrachm or 100 litrae circa 405-400. Naked young Heracles kneeling r. on rocky ground, head to front, strangling Nemean lion with both arms; on the strip of ground, barley grain.
Obverse letteringDionysios Double Deka Drachme Siracusa Sicilia 405 BC
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionA brassy metal ring with cast (epoxy?) inner encasing a replica Dionysios Double Deka Drachme coin - Double decadrachm or 100 litrae circa 405-400, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣIΟ Head of the nymph Arethusa l., wearing necklace, bar and triple-pendant earring; hair elaborately waved and caught up behind in saccos ornamented with stars. Behind head, star.
Reverse letteringTRACK THIS HISTORIC COIN AT GEOCACHING.COM
Reverse scriptLatin
Mint
MintageND  - -
Catalog ID3750261820
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