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bgr_402038 - SICILY - AKRAGAS Hemilitron

SICILY - AKRAGAS Hemilitron XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 287-279 ou 279-241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Agrigente, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 8,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré avec le grènetis visible au droit. Belle tête d’Apollon au droit. Joli revers pour ce type. Patine vert foncé

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs ; un globule sous le cou.
Obverse legend : DA.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux aigles debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, attaquant un lièvre.

Commentary


Comme le remarquait déjà Sir. R Stuart Poole en 1876, au droit derrière la tête d’Apollon, nous avons bien un monogramme formé des lettres delta et alpha.

Historical background


SICILY - AKRAGAS

(4th - 3rd century BC)

Agrigento had been destroyed in 406 BC. -VS. , during the Carthaginian invasion. It was nevertheless rebuilt, but did not regain its former splendor.. In the war which opposed Carthaginians and Syracusans, she supported Dionysius I and found herself in the orbit of this city. But after the arrival of Timoléon, Agrigento found itself pitted against its old rival. In 314, she formed an alliance with Gela and Leontini other cities opposed to Syracuse. Agathokles eventually brought Agrigento to heel from 309 BC. -VS. In 282, the city fell into the hands of the tyrant Phintias who was finally driven out four years later, when Pyrrhus arrived in Sicily and Agrigento joined him.. The city found itself caught in the conflict between the Carthaginians and the Romans during the first two Punics (261-241 BC).. -VS. and 221-201 BC. -VS. ). During the first war, she sided with Carthage and the city was besieged for seven months by the Romans. The city was not conquered until 255 BC.. -VS. During the Second Punic War, the city was taken by the Carthaginians in 214 BC. -VS. Eventually the Romans captured Agrigento in 210 BC. -VS. , during the conquest of Sicily.

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