Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5055

Price realized: 550 USD   (Approx. 505 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY, Syracuse. Hieronymos. 215-214 BC. AR 10 Litrai (23.5mm, 8.17 g, 6h). Diademed head right / Winged thunderbolt; MI above. Holloway 6 (O5/R5); BAR Issue 79; HGC 2, 1567. Lightly toned, minor double strike, delaminations, roughness, light scratches, minor flan flaws on obverse. Good VF.

From the Kalevala Collection.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 84

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


SICILY, Syracuse. Hieronymos. 215-214 BC. AR 10 Litrai (22mm, 8.48 g, 7h). Diademed head left / Winged thunderbolt; AΦ above. Holloway 28 (O13/R22); BAR Issue 79; HGC 2, 1567. Minor marks on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. EF.

Ex CNG inventory 947477 (April 2013); Hunter Collection (Goldberg 72, 5 February 2013), lot 4034.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 83

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


SICILY, Syracuse. Hieronymos. 215-214 BC. AR 10 Litrai (22.5mm, 8.51 g, 8h). Diademed head left / Winged thunderbolt; AΦ above. Holloway 27d (O12/R22 – this coin); BAR Issue 79; HGC 2, 1567. Attractively toned, a few minor die breaks on obverse. Near EF.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Künker 326 (7 October 2019), lot 662 (hammer €6000); Gorny & Mosch 117 (14 October 2002), lot 95; Münzen und Medaillen AG 79 (28 February 1994), lot 203; Münzhandlung Basel 8 (22 March 1937), lot 1935.


Estimate: 1500 USD

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15Auction date: 1 June 2024
Lot number: 27

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


SICILY. Syracuse. Hieronymos, 215-214 BC. 10 Litrai (Silver, 23 mm, 8.43 g, 5 h). Diademed head of Hieronymos to left; in field to right, K. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - IEPΩNYMOY Winged thunderbolt; above, KI. Holloway 41m (this coin, O21/R33). SNG ANS 1029-30 (same dies). Beautifully toned and with an impressive pedigree. A few faint scratches and minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.


Ex Roma II, 2 October 2011, 132 (deposits removed from the reverse since), from the Q. David Bowers Collection, Stack's, 10 January 2011, 44, ex Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007, 181, Classical Numismatic Group 45, 18 March 1998, 141 and Stack's, 3 December 1996, 481, from the Polese Collection, Canessa 5, 12 June 1928, 670 and from the collection of the Duke of Caianiello, Sambon & Canessa, 27 June 1927, 1046.

Estimate: 2000 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 96

Price realized: 2,800 CHF   (Approx. 3,178 USD / 2,937 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SICILY. Syracuse. Hieronymos, 215-214 BC. 10 Litrai (Silver, 23 mm, 8.48 g, 6 h). Diademed head of Hieronymos to left. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - IEPΩNYMOY Winged thunderbolt; above, ΦI. BMC 643. Holloway 36 (O18/R28). SNG München 1423. Attractive iridescent toning and with a fine portrait. A few very light marks and with minor weakness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


Ex Leu 13, 27 May 2023, 33, from the collection of Dr. Plümacher, Peus 431, 27 April 2022, 3067 and previously privately purchased from Dieter Grunow in October 1988.

Starting price: 750 CHF

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 75

Price realized: 1,500 GBP   (Approx. 1,900 USD / 1,749 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Time of Hieronymos, circa 215-214 BC. Diademed head to left; K (retrograde) behind / BAΣIΛEOΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt; KI above. Holloway 41 (O21/R33); SNG ANS 1029 (these dies); HGC 2, 1567. 8.18g, 23mm, 3h.

Good Extremely Fine; light cleaning marks, beautiful cabinet tone with iridescent highlights.

Ex Münzhandlung Basel, Auction 10, 15 March 1938, lot 144.

Hieronymos ascended to the throne of Syracuse at a time of crisis. A Roman consular army of eight legions and allied troops had been annihilated at Cannae only the year before, and Roman power had been dealt a considerable shock. The repercussions of that defeat had been profoundly felt in Sicily; the former king Hieron II had remained steadfast in his loyalty and support to Rome though a significant party in the city favoured abandoning the Roman alliance and joining the cause of Carthage, despite their traditional enmity to that people. The young Hieronymos, who had already shown signs of weakness and depravity of character, allowed himself to be influenced by his pro-Carthaginian uncles into breaking the alliance with Rome, a decision that would have disastrous consequences for Syracuse.

Estimate: 2500 GBP