MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Litra
Date: c. 466-460 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier ébréché, derrière la tête, large et bien centré. Beau portrait d’Aréthuse. Joli revers. Belle patine avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d'Aréthuse à droite, les cheveux relevés et retenus par un diadème de perles.
Obverse legend : SURA
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Pieuvre.
Commentary
Expression archaïsante du visage de toute beauté. Coin bouché au revers sur la pieuvre, caractéristique. Sur cet exemplaire, le rhô est rétrograde. Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Staatliche Museen de Berlin, (Boehringer 451, n° 1, pl. 17), très proche de l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. n° 137, pl. 5). Un exemplaire dans MONNAIES 31 s’est négocié à 401 € sur un maximum à 429 € avec 9 offres.
Archaic expression of the face of great beauty. Blocked die on the reverse on the octopus, characteristic. On this example, the rho is retrograde. Seems to be from the same dies as the example from the Staatliche Museen of Berlin, (Boehringer 451, no. 1, pl. 17), very close to the example from the American Numismatic Society (ANS. no. 137, pl. 5). A example in MONNAIES 31 traded at €401 out of a maximum of €429 with 9 bids
Archaic expression of the face of great beauty. Blocked die on the reverse on the octopus, characteristic. On this example, the rho is retrograde. Seems to be from the same dies as the example from the Staatliche Museen of Berlin, (Boehringer 451, no. 1, pl. 17), very close to the example from the American Numismatic Society (ANS. no. 137, pl. 5). A example in MONNAIES 31 traded at €401 out of a maximum of €429 with 9 bids
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(5th century BC)
Demokratia
After the disappearance of Hieron in 467 and the usurpation of Thrasybulus, democracy was established in 466 BC in Syracuse as in most Sicilian cities. The city then experienced a great period of economic and political expansion radiating throughout the island. Simultaneously, it had to fight against the Etruscans and especially against the Carthaginians who periodically tried to settle or, at least, to control eastern Sicily. During the Peloponnesian War, she had to face on her ground the formidable Athenian expedition led from 415 BC by Alcibiades and Nicias. After the recall of the former, the Athenian fleet was cast in the port of Syracuse, Nicias put to death, and the survivors of the Athenian army condemned to hard labor in the stone quarries. In 409, the Carthaginians invaded the island again and seized Selinunte and Himera, then Agrigento in 405 BC. Dionysius of Syracuse seized power and drove back the invaders.
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