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E-auction 341-255810 - bgr_553749 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF/VF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 57 €
Maximum bid : 100 €
End of the sale : 28 October 2019 14:06:30
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Litra
Date: c. 260-220 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan un peu court. Belle tête de Neptune. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

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, la tête en bas.
Reverse legend : IER-RWNOS.
Reverse translation : (de Hiéron).

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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