Dionysius II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 367-357 and 346-344 BC)

Mints

Dionysius the Younger (c. 397 BCE – 343 BCE), or Dionysius II, was a Greek politician who ruled Syracuse, Sicily from 367 BCE to 357 BCE and again from 346 BCE to 344 BCE.

Die Studies

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Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2614 - Syracuse (AE Athena/hippocamp) over uncertain type (M&M, 39, Nov. 2013, 19)		Bronze	375 BC JL
28930 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (Nomos, Obolos EA 6, Nov. 2016, 222)		Bronze	360 BC JL
2645 - Alaesa (AE griffin/horse) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatic, EA 47, June 2018, 118)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28932 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over uncertain type (Bertolami, EA 96, March 2021, 198)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28922 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (Saint Paul Antiques, 9, Aug. 2017, 14)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28935 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, Sept. 2022, 280)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28925 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (Bertolami, EA 101, July 2021, 317)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28927 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (CNG, EA 267, Nov. 2011, 24)		Bronze	360 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
28922 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (Saint Paul Antiques, 9, Aug. 2017, 14)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28925 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (Bertolami, EA 101, July 2021, 317)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28927 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (CNG, EA 267, Nov. 2011, 24)		Bronze	360 BC JL
28930 - Alaesa (AE griffin/prancing horse) over Alaesa (griffin/prancing horse) (Nomos, Obolos EA 6, Nov. 2016, 222)		Bronze	360 BC JL
23599 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/wheel) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 208)		Bronze	354 BC JL
2240 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 64, Nov. 2019, 224)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2458 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 47, June 2018, 175)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2300 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Peus, 378, April 2004, 71)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2592 - Kentoripai (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse? (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 376, Oct. 2022, 4317)		Bronze	339 BC JL

Dionysius II of Syracuse

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/dionysius_ii_syracuse
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q380453 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118679708 https://www.freebase.com/m/07dfb6

Literature

• HGC 2 (8 mentions)
• Calciati 1983 (7 mentions)
• SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily (7 mentions)
• Calciati 1986 (1 mentions)
• SNG ANS 5 Sicily (1 mentions)
• Puglisi 2009 (1 mentions)