bgr_483901 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 212-210 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,278,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux deux côtés. Belle tête de Zeus. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite ; un casque derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bige galopant à gauche, conduit par une Niké, tenant les rênes et le kentron.
Reverse legend : SURAKOSIWN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we are presenting it for sale
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we are presenting it for sale
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(212-210 BC)
Roman occupation
After the death of Hiéron, in 215 before J. - C., his nephew succeeds to him; he was nicknamed "the little Hieron" to differentiate him from his august predecessor. The new monarch allied with Carthage and Hannibal who was then in southern Italy, in Capua. Unfortunately, he will regret this alliance; he was overthrown the following year and the Republic was restored. This gesture by the new rulers was not enough to prevent the Romans from invading Sicily and laying siege to Syracuse. Despite fierce resistance and the assistance of the war machines imagined by Archimedes, in particular the incendiary mirrors, the city falls. Marcellus, the Roman Imperator, tries in vain to save the great scientist who is assassinated by a soldier. Syracuse is given over to plunder. The Romans are masters of all of Sicily in 210 BC.
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