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bgr_343401 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai

SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Double litrai
Date: c. 240-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 17,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
HGCS. 2/1547 (S) - CNS.195 p. 362 - MIAMG.-  - ANS.-  - GC.1222 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Hiéron II à gauche ; derrière, un symbole non visible ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse

Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant une javeline transversale.
Reverse legend : IERWNOS/ F.
Reverse translation : (de Hiéron).

Commentary

Pour le droit, il existe deux principaux types avec la tête laurée ou diadémée. Le premier semble plus rare. Notre exemplaire avec la lettre (phi) au revers ne semble pas avoir été signalée.

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.

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