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v08_0013 - SICILY - SYRACUSE 16 litrai

MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 884.20 €
Estimate : 1 143.37 €
Realised price : 1 051.90 €

Type : 16 litrai

Date: c. 250 AC

Mint name / Town : Sicile, Syracuse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 13,47 g.

Rarity : R1

Emission: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Flan large. Très Bel exemplaire avec un portrait réaliste

Catalogue references :

BMC.2/213-545 - ANS.5-3/883 - MIAMG.5038 - GC.1/988

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête voilée et diadémée de Philistis à gauche ; derrière, une palme.

Reverse

Reverse description : Niké dans un quadrige galopant à droite, tenant les rênes et le kentron ; sous les pattes du cheval, E.

Reverse legend : BASILISSAS// FILISTIDOS.

Commentary

Mêmes coins que l'exemplaire venant de la vente de Giessener Münzhandlung 42, (11/10/1988, n°104) et reproduit dans l'ouvrage de B. Carroccio.

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.

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra AU/VF

120.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

100.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

100.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE 16 litrai AU

1676.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai XF

180.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Seize litrai XF

680.00 €

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v08_0013 - SICILY - SYRACUSE 16 litrai

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

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