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bgr_717443 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas VF
90.00 €(Approx. 98.10$ | 75.60£)
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Type : Hexas
Date: c. 305-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,47 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers, à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN DEUX LIGNES.
Reverse description : Foudre ailé ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SURA/KOSIWN.
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).

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.

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