Gold Coins of Ancient Syracuse
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- Lets explore some of the wonderful gold coins struck by the ancient city of Syracuse, a Greek polis famous for its wonderful numismatic art.
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I have 10 coins from Syracuse, but none of them in gold. Another wonderful video! Thanks!!
Nice! Which one is your favourite?
@@ClassicalNumismatics My AE Litra, with Artemis & winged thunderbolt. HGC 2, 1537. Time of Agathokles.
For those who have not read Plutarch's biography of Timoleon - I highly suggest it. Truly an amazing man of virtue and bravery who maintained loyalty to his mission of removing the Tyrants from Sicily. There are so many miraculous moments of sheer luck in his favor, and it's certainly an example of "Fortune favors the bold".
The last coin's reverse was my favorite for the triskeles and the action. All beautiful.
The ancient coin vault in the archaeological museum in Syracusa is one of the great collections. Thanks for this video!
I like how I can collect coins by watching your videos. These nicer ones I will never own but its nice to see them and learn about them. Maybe I can find one of similar style in a less expensive type.
wonderful presentation and contextual background of these coins! Thanks for doing this!
Beyond beautiful. Cheers for sharing, Leo.
Wow those are GORGEOUS coins. I have a couple of bronzes from Syracuse, but no silver or gold- yet. The Dionysios I is definitely my favourite of the 3 you show- although they're all just wonderful. I sure hope to be able to acquire one of these one day.
What a marvelous video. I love Greek coinage so much!
So do I, the artistic quality they were able to achieve so early is incredible
I only have two modest bronze coins from Syracuse, but they are beautiful.
Even the small bronzes of Syracuse have very pretty designs, thats whats wonderful about Sicilian coinage in general
@@ClassicalNumismatics It is true. I have a trias from Gela and it is perfect.
All amazing thanks Leo 👍
Wonderful pieces, very masterfully engraved and struck
I just love gold coins! So beautiful!
great gold
Great video and explanation of the times. Personally as someone who collects coins of Heracles/Hercules fighting the Lion, that first reverse is a dream coin. Sadly never to see. Lucky there's alot of silver and bronzes ones out there
There are some silver pieces with this scene. They arent necessarily affordable, but definitely cheaper than these gold pieces. Good luck with your collection! :)
@@ClassicalNumismatics the good thing is that there are Greek and Roman versions. One that's not to high but one of my favorites is a Roman serrate denarius 80bc. Roma obverse, the reverse shows the two in battle with the bow and club on the ground. Thx again for your work
I like the horses and chariot design.
Very beautiful specimens. Thanks for the history!
"Which one of these coins did you like the best?"... Yes!
Correct answer!
They are nice coins, I only have a few Bronze coins from this time period. But choose which coin is best, that is a cruel thing to do lol.
Wow! Such beauties! May I ask if you own all these great pieces you talk about and show off? Or are they from a dealer or museum?
Im just a middle-class guy with a modest collection, every fancy coin you see, such as these, belongs to different collectors. They were all kind enough to film me their coins :)
@@ClassicalNumismaticsYour collector friends have some beautiful coins. I've only ever seen gold Greek and Roman coins in museums ❗ You're very lucky to be able to see these coins up close and touch them ‼️ Thank you ‼️
I have 2 tetradrachm (is this the denomination?) with the guy riding the dolphin, and I thought they were quite beautiful. You showed on when you showed a group of silver coins.
These are most likely Nomos from Tarentum :)
It’s so shiny
The first one the Dionysios is my favorite. But why you were wearing gloves while holding those gold pieces?
These were filmed by the coin's owner, and he prefers wearing gloves :)
can you make more videos please about monetary standards in different ancient / old countries?
Amazing coins, great video! To add some minor information, a Peloponnesian hoplite during the Peloponnesian War according to Thucydides received as a salary an Eginetic triobol (half a drachm) per day; Athenian hoplites were paid about the same, an Attic tetrobol, and cavalrymen a drachm, if I remember correctly. So a gold 100 litrai must have been exactly equivalent to what an Athenian holplite received as monthly salary. Of course they were not paid every day, they only received small cash advances and the accounts were settled in a fixed date or even, quite often after the campaign. Payments of course varied greatly according to the contractor state, period (Hellenistic rates were considerably higher), type of soldier and rank. Captains got twice as much as regular soldiers and generals (strategoi) 4 times as much. Alexander the Great paid much higher rates, and also paid a huge bonus after the Indian campaign. In late Hellenistic times, Cretan archers (the best in their trade) always requested to be paid in Rhodian currency. In general, gold was unpopular among soldiers.
Great video! Thanks from Thessaly Greece. If you write an e mail of yours I send you photo of something interestingly modern
🪙🥵🤒 I need more gold.