bgr_325269 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 225.00 €

Type : Litra

Date: c. 240-216 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 8,91 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Poséidon. Joli revers à l’usure plus marquée, mais complètement lisible et identifiable. Belle patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

Laffaille253 - GC.1223 - ANS.1004 - MIAMG.5308 (R) (375€) - Cop.- - HGCS. 2/1550 - CNS.201

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-WNOS/ SW.

Reverse translation : (de Hiéron).

Commentary

Très beau style.

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.

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

100.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai VF

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai VF

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

70.00 €

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bgr_325269 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

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