Live auction - bgr_442847 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Drachme ou hemistatère
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| Estimate : | 4 500 € |
| Price : | 2 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 September 2017 14:07:20 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme ou hemistatère
Date: c. 317-310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Apollon de style fin. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche ; un épi d’orge derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bige galopant à droite, conduit par un aurige, tenant les rênes et le kentron ; au-dessous, un triskèle.
Reverse legend : SUR-A-KO-SIWN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(317-289 BC)
Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse
Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and assumed the title of king in 305 BC. In 310 the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and must retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.
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