v43_0037 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra de bronze, (GB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 469.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 469.00 €
Type : Litra de bronze, (GB, Æ 29)
Date: c. 344-336 AC
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large avec les grènetis complets des deux côtés, extrêmement épais, bien centré. Beau portrait de haut relief. Joli revers. Patine vert noir, granuleuse et légèrement piquée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien lauré.
Obverse legend : SURA
Obverse translation : (Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Astre à huit rais (étoile de mer) entre deux dauphins.
Commentary
Cassure de coin au revers sur le dauphin à gauche. La chronologie de cette litra est encore aujourd’hui discutée. Placée par certains auteurs sous Timoléon (344-317 avant J.-C.) d’autres en remontent la datation à la fin de la Démocratie et l’instauration de la tyrannie de Denys l’Ancien (405-367 avant J.-C.). L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 36, n° 54 s’est vendu 250€ en TTB avec sept offres.
Die break on the reverse on the dolphin on the left. The chronology of this litra is still debated today. Placed by some authors under Timoleon (344-317 BC), others date it back to the end of Democracy and the establishment of the tyranny of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 BC). The copy from MONNAIES 36, n° 54 sold for €250 in TTB with seven bids
Die break on the reverse on the dolphin on the left. The chronology of this litra is still debated today. Placed by some authors under Timoleon (344-317 BC), others date it back to the end of Democracy and the establishment of the tyranny of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 BC). The copy from MONNAIES 36, n° 54 sold for €250 in TTB with seven bids
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(344-317 BC)
Timoleon
After Dion's assassination in 354 BC, a period of instability ensued for ten years. Timoléon, originally from Corinth, landed in Sicily in 344 BC and took control of Syracuse. He restored Greek hegemony in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians after the Battle of Crimisus in 339 BC. He set up a democratic government which unfortunately did not survive him, Agathokles seizing power from 317 BC. Nevertheless, for about twenty years, Syracuse knew a period of peace which allowed it to restore its finances and to develop an important program of urban construction, accompanied by the return of agricultural prosperity..
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