bgr_511932 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 278-276 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,85 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à bords biseautés, un peu court. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à gauche, coiffée de la léonté, nouée sous le cou ; derrière la tête, une massue ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : [SURAKOSIWN]
Obverse translation : (Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Athéna Promachos (Minerve victorieuse) marchant debout à droite, brandissant le foudre de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche, l’égide tombant de l’épaule ; dans le champ à gauche, un foudre posé verticalement.
Commentary
Pour ce type, nous avons deux types bien différents. Au revers, la représentation d’Athéna Promachos fait penser à une statue cultuelle de la déesse qui pouvait être transporté (palladion). Ce type est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
For this type, we have two very different types. On the reverse, the representation of Athena Promachos suggests a cult statue of the goddess that could be transported (palladion). This type is much rarer than general works suggest.
For this type, we have two very different types. On the reverse, the representation of Athena Promachos suggests a cult statue of the goddess that could be transported (palladion). This type is much rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(278-275 BC)
Pyrrhus strategos, King of Epirus
Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhian-style victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more. After the victory at Ascoli in 279 BC, Pyrrhus failed to secure a decisive victory over the Romans, became angry with his Greek and Syracusan allies, and was finally defeated at Benevento in 275 BC. C. He retreated to Epirus, where he was eventually assassinated.
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