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Live auction - bgr_928378 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Tétradrachme

SICILY - SYRACUSE Tétradrachme AU
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Estimate : 1 500 €
Price : 1 100 €
Maximum bid : 1 600 €
End of the sale : 24 September 2024 14:06:04
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 305-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile ou Afrique
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 16,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête de Perséphone (Koré) à droite, couronnée d'épis avec boucles d'oreille et collier, les cheveux longs.
Obverse legend : KORAS, (Koras).
Obverse translation : (Koré).

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké debout à droite, les ailes déployées couronnant un trophée de la main gauche et tenant un marteau de la main droite ; dans le champ inférieur à gauche, un triskèle.
Reverse legend : AGAQOKLEIOS, (Agaqokleios).
Reverse translation : (d’Agathoklès).

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, King of Syracuse

Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and had taken the title of king in 305 BC. In 310, the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and had to retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.

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