v41_0076 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra, (MB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Litra, (MB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 260-220 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,35 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court. Beau portrait bien centré. Très jolie patine verte. Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXIV, n° 45 et de MONNAIES 34, n° 72
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Poséidon à gauche, coiffée de la tainia.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de trident ornementée, accostée de deux dauphins.
Reverse legend : IER-[RWNOS]
Reverse translation : (Hiéron).
Commentary
La faiblesse de frappe au revers ne permet pas de distinguer la marque particulière de l'émission qui est normalement placée sous la légende.
The weakness of the strike on the reverse makes it impossible to distinguish the particular mark of the issue which is normally placed under the legend
The weakness of the strike on the reverse makes it impossible to distinguish the particular mark of the issue which is normally placed under the legend
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(274-216 BC)
Hieronymus, King of Syracuse
Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.
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