bgr_1176769 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 343-332 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 18,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Zeus ainsi qu’un revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée de Zeus à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : ZEUS EL-EUQERIOS
Obverse translation : (Zeus Eleutherios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval libre bondissant à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SURA-K//OSIWN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Commentary
Ce type est parfois décrit aussi comme un hémilitron, mais aussi parfois comme une litra ou un dilitron. Il semble bien que nous ayons affaire à une drachme.
This type is sometimes also described as a hemilitron, but also sometimes as a litra or dilitron. It seems that we are dealing with a drachma
This type is sometimes also described as a hemilitron, but also sometimes as a litra or dilitron. It seems that we are dealing with a drachma
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(344-317 BC)
Timoleon
After Dion's assassination in 354 BC, a period of instability ensued for ten years. Timoléon, originally from Corinth, landed in Sicily in 344 BC and took control of Syracuse. He restored Greek hegemony in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians after the Battle of Crimisus in 339 BC. He set up a democratic government which unfortunately did not survive him, Agathokles seizing power from 317 BC. Nevertheless, for about twenty years, Syracuse knew a period of peace which allowed it to restore its finances and to develop an important program of urban construction, accompanied by the return of agricultural prosperity..
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