bgr_486880 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Drachme
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Price : 320.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 380 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 28,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait d’Athéna, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron et verte
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien lauré.
Obverse legend : SURA
Obverse translation : (Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Astre à huit rais (étoile de mer) entre deux dauphins.
Commentary
La chronologie de cette litra est encore aujourd’hui discutée. Placée par certains auteurs sous Timoléon (344-317 avant J.-C.) d’autres en remontent la datation à la fin de la Démocratie et l’instauration de la tyrannie de Denys l’Ancien (405-367 avant J.-C.).
The chronology of this litra is still debated today. Placed by some authors under Timoleon (344-317 BC) others date it back to the end of Democracy and the establishment of the tyranny of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 BC). VS.)
The chronology of this litra is still debated today. Placed by some authors under Timoleon (344-317 BC) others date it back to the end of Democracy and the establishment of the tyranny of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 BC). VS.)
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(405-367 BC)
Dionysos the Elder
During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), Syracuse had to face on its territory the formidable Athenian expedition led from 415 BC by Alcibiades and Nicias. After the recall of the former, the Athenian fleet was cast in the port of Syracuse and the Athenians were defeated on the Assinarios in 413 BC, Nicias put to death and the survivors of the Athenian army condemned to hard labor in stone quarries (latomies). In 409, the Carthaginians invaded the island again and seized Selinunte and Himera, then Agrigento in 405 BC. Dionysius of Syracuse seized power and drove back the invaders in 397 BC .-C. The reign of Dionysius the Elder lasted another thirty years and it was Timoleon who succeeded him.
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