bgr_835257 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai
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Price : 120.00 €
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 :
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.
For the right, there are two main types with the laureate or diademed head. The first seems rarer
For the right, there are two main types with the laureate or diademed head. The first seems rarer
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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