bgr_228602 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron

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Type : Hemilitron

Date: c. 295-289 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sicile, Syracuse

Metal : copper

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 9,09 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, court et irrégulier, légèrement éclaté à 5 heures au droit. Beau portrait et joli revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC.422 - ANS.719 - MIAMG.5184 (R2) (1000€) - GC.1200

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient des collections François Valton, février 1974 et M. R. de Dijon et de MONNAIES 38, n° 77

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête d'Artémis à droite, avec boucle d'oreille et un collier ; le carquois est visible derrière la tête sur le cou.

Obverse legend : [SW]TEIRA.

Obverse translation : (salvatrice).

Reverse

Reverse description : Foudre ailé.

Reverse legend : [AG]AQOKLEOS// [B]ASILEO[S].

Reverse translation : (Agathoklès roi).

Commentary

Cassure de coin visible sur l’arrière du carquois.

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, King of Syracuse

Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and had taken the title of king in 305 BC. In 310, the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and had to retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas VF

90.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

100.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas XF

175.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

190.00 €

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bgr_228602 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, King of Syracuse

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