Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)

Mints

Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder (c.432-367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Syracuse, gold, 50 litrai (male head/horse) (405-400 BCE)		Gold	2,738 kg
Syracuse, silver, tetradrachms (quadriga/Arethusa) (399-387 BCE) (Fischer-Bossert)		Silver	2,630 kg

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
2381 - Syracuse (AE Athena/dolphins) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 75, May 2007, 82)		Bronze	400 BC JL
26564 - Syracuse (AE Athena/dolphins) over uncertain type (Peus, 437, Apr. 2024, 75)		Bronze	400 BC JL
2257 - Syracuse (AE Athena/hippocamp) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 54, Febr. 2019, 65)		Bronze	375 BC JL
2614 - Syracuse (AE Athena/hippocamp) over uncertain type (M&M, 39, Nov. 2013, 19)		Bronze	375 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
2334 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, June 2008, 23)		Bronze	354 BC JL
23647 - Aetna (bronze Persephone/horse) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Nomos, Obolos 30, Dec. 2023, 78)		Bronze	354 BC JL
2112 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll. 33)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19632 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (M&M Deutschland, 17, Oct. 2005, 146)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19636 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Bertolami Fine Arts, EA 77, Dec. 2019, 27)		Bronze	354 BC JL	Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 25 MP
19628 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Varesi, 63, Nov. 2013, 5)		Bronze	354 BC JL	Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 25 MP
23591 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 123)		Bronze	354 BC JL
3102 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/laurel wreath) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Lanz, 153, Dec. 2011, 86)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19640 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (NAC, I, May 1999, 1137)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19608 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, 54, June 2000, 254)		Bronze	354 BC JL
23599 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/wheel) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 208)		Bronze	354 BC JL
20220 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/pellets) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Gorny & Mosch, 225, Oct. 2014, 1177)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19614 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 448, July 2019, 16)		Bronze	354 BC JL
23602 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/pellets) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Paris, BnF, FG 881)		Bronze	354 BC JL
2262 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/pellets) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 20, Aug. 2015, 83)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19645 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (NAC, P, May 2005, 1149)		Bronze	354 BC JL
21157 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/pellets) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Triton V, Jan. 2002, 207)		Bronze	354 BC JL
19610 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 454, Oct. 2019, 32)		Bronze	353 BC JL
20530 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Ebay selin959, 8 Sept. 2015 )		Bronze	352 BC JL
19718 - Aetna (AE river-god/star) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 143)		Bronze	345 BC JL
SO 1591 - Tauromenium? over Syracuse		Bronze	344 BC JL
2352 - Alaesa (AE Apollo/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Pecunem, 37, Nov. 2015, 22)		Bronze	344 BC JL
19470 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 143, July 2006, 15)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2674 - Alaesa (AE Apollo/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Felzmann, 155, March 2016, 10)		Bronze	344 BC JL	Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 25 MP
2550 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Gorny & Mosch, 200, Oct. 2011, 1174)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2439 - Alaesa (AE Apollo/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll., 35)		Bronze	344 BC JL
19457 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Paris, BnF, 1987.404)		Bronze	344 BC JL
3496 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll., 34)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2284 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (NAC, May 2004, 73)		Bronze	344 BC JL
19455 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, 54, June 2000, 256)		Bronze	344 BC JL
19468 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 123)		Bronze	344 BC JL
19715 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, MBS 61, Sept. 2002, 108)		Bronze	344 BC JL
19453 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Heritage, MPO 76, Nov. 2022, 3107)		Bronze	344 BC JL
20340 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 346, March 2015, 1)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2283 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Peus, EA 3, July 2016, 31)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2244 - Athl (AE Athena/female figure) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Peus, 401, Nov. 2010, 72)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20288 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 5, Feb. 2014, 141)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20230 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 273)		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
20992 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 218)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20277 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Bertolami, ACR 92, Oct. 2020, 359)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2194 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 374, May 2016, 125)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20258 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, The Anders Collection, Sept. 2022, 587)		Bronze	340 BC JL
3703 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 64, Nov. 2019, 225)		Bronze	340 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
2374 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 224		Bronze	340 BC JL
2181 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 5, Feb. 2014, 138)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20338 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Naville Numismatics, 22, May 2016, 31)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20293 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, 45, March 1998, 103)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20284 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Bertolami, EA 68, March 2019, 271)		Bronze	340 BC JL	Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 25 MP
2291 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 5, Febr. 2014, 198)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2505 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 5, Febr. 2014, 199)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20274 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Bertolami, ACR 92, Oct. 2020, 358)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2356 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Gärtner, 34, June 2016, 4023)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2425 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Triton, 5, Jan. 2002, 278)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2490 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Gorny & Mosch, 241, Oct. 2016, 1160)		Bronze	340 BC JL
19841 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Elsen, 88, June 2006, 38)		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
2534 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 204, Mars 2012, 184)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20291 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Vauctions, 273, Nov. 2011, 35)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20280 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 289)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20226 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (M&M, 50, June 2023, 50)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2524 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 116, June 2005, 92)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20265 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Bertolami, ACR 101, July 2021, 480)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2293 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Lanz, 153, Dec. 2011, 140)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2558 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 143, Oct. 2008, 108)		Bronze	340 BC JL
2436 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Peus, 415, Nov. 2015, 55)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20228 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Bertolami, ACR 7, May 2013, 158)		Bronze	340 BC JL
19839 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Peus, 386, April 2006, 85)		Bronze	340 BC JL
20146 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 26, April 2016, 39)		Bronze	339 BC JL
20143 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 75, Oct. 2020, 45)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2231 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 288, March 2017, 66)		Bronze	339 BC JL
20305 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Triton, III, Nov. 1999, 253)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2297 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Lanz, 160, June 2015, 44)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2592 - Kentoripai (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse? (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 376, Oct. 2022, 4317)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2173 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 204, March 2012, 159)		Bronze	339 BC JL
20097 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Heritage Auctions Europe - MPO Auctions, 76, Nov. 2022, 3111)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2143 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/Heracles) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (M&M, 39, Nov. 2013, 9)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2477 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll., 36)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2664 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/thunderbolt) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Bertolami, EA 71, June 2019, 463)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2583 - Alaesa (AE female head/Heracles) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Solidus, 15, May 2017, 21)		Bronze	339 BC JL
20298 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (iNumis, MBS 12, Oct. 2010, 8)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2302 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Hess-Divo, 310, Oct. 2008, 19)		Bronze	339 BC JL

Dionysius I of Syracuse

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	dionysius_i_syracuse
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q332750 http://viaf.org/viaf/89597856 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118880101

Literature

• HGC 2 (5 mentions)
• Calciati 1986 (4 mentions)
• Puglisi 2009 (4 mentions)
• SNG ANS 5 Sicily (3 mentions)
• Bérend 1993 (1 mentions)
• Sear I (1 mentions)
• RQEMAC (1 mentions)
• Fischer-Bossert 2017 (1 mentions)
• Tudeer 1913 (1 mentions)