bgr_835257 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai

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Type : Double litrai

Date: c. 250 AC

Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 17,05 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

GC.1222 var. - BMC. - MIAMG.5267 (R) (1250€) - ANS.922 - HGCS. 2/1547

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Hiéron II à gauche ; derrière, une torche ?.

Reverse

Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale ; sous les jambes du cheval, un monogramme.

Reverse legend : [IERWNOS]/ (AG).

Reverse translation : (de Hiéron).

Commentary

Pour le droit, il existe deux principaux types avec la tête laurée ou diadémée. Le premier semble plus rare.

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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bgr_835257 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

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