bgr_1017892 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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Type : Litra
Date: c. 295-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête diadémée imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à gauche ; bandeau simple (tainia) ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSIWN
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite, levant l’antérieur gauche ; au-dessus, une massue tournée à droite.
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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