bgr_1041241 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 415-405 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 16,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Aréthuse. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente M&M AG Basel 75, 1975, n° 169
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d'Aréthuse à gauche, les cheveux relevés en arrière, terminés par un chignon, entourée de quatre dauphins.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSION/ FRU
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse/ signé Phrygillos sur l’ampyx).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Quadrige galopant au pas à gauche, conduit par un aurige tenant les rênes et le kentron ; l’aurige est couronné par Niké volant à droite.
Commentary
Exemplaire normalement signé par Phrygillos au droit et par Euarchidas au revers. Au droit la signature est sur l’ampyx (bandeau) d’Aréthuse et est à peine perceptible sur cet exemplaire. Le revers n’est pas signé. Mêmes coins que les exemplaires de la collection de Luynes (BnF/ DMMA) n° 1216 que celui du British Museum (BMC Sicily) n° 160 ainsi que celui de la collection du Consul H. Weber n° 1604.
example normally signed by Phrygillos on the obverse and by Euarchidas on the reverse. On the obverse the signature is on the ampyx (band) of Arethusa and is barely perceptible on this example. The reverse is not signed. Same dies as the examples in the Luynes collection (BnF/DMMA) no. 1216, that of the British Museum (BMC Sicily) no. 160, as well as that of the Consul H. Weber collection no. 1604
example normally signed by Phrygillos on the obverse and by Euarchidas on the reverse. On the obverse the signature is on the ampyx (band) of Arethusa and is barely perceptible on this example. The reverse is not signed. Same dies as the examples in the Luynes collection (BnF/DMMA) no. 1216, that of the British Museum (BMC Sicily) no. 160, as well as that of the Consul H. Weber collection no. 1604
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(405-367 BC)
Dionysos the Elder
During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), Syracuse had to face on its territory 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 and the Athenians were defeated on the Assinarios in 413 BC, Nicias put to death and the survivors of the Athenian army condemned to hard labor in stone quarries (latomies). 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 in 397 BC .-C. The reign of Dionysius the Elder lasted another thirty years and it was Timoleon who succeeded him.
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