v20_0026 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hémilitron (GB, Æ 27)

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hémilitron (GB, Æ 27) XF

MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 250.00 €

Type : Hémilitron (GB, Æ 27)

Date: c. 250 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracusa

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 26 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 18,42 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine vert noir. Frappe un peu molle au revers

Catalogue references :

ANS.923 - MIAMG.5268 (R2) - GC.1221 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Hiéron II à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.

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

Reverse legend : IERWNOS.

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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v20_0026 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hémilitron (GB, Æ 27)

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

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