bgr_301737 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 275-265 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête de Koré. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) à gauche, couronné avec des épis ; derrière, un bucrane ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSION
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche ; au-dessus, une massue.
Reverse legend : /IE
Commentary
Le revers est très proche des petits bronzes de Marseille au taureau chargeant. Série à la massue. Série lourde. Il ne semble pas y avoir de lettre ou de symbole sous la massue.
The reverse is very similar to the small bronzes from Marseille with the charging bull. Series with a club. Heavy series. There does not appear to be any letter or symbol under the club.
The reverse is very similar to the small bronzes from Marseille with the charging bull. Series with a club. Heavy series. There does not appear to be any letter or symbol under the club.
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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