bgr_637941 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 310-305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Apollon. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque ; derrière la tête, un pileus (bonnet de liberté).
Obverse legend : SURAKOSIWN
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche ; lettre au-dessous.
Reverse legend : A
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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