bgr_1051897 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: 305-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli portrait d’Athéna. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette orné d’un griffon bondissant.
Obverse legend : SURA-KOSIWN
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droit, nu le manteau flottant, tenant une longue javeline de la main droite et les rênes de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : f
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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