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bgr_453434 - SICILY - HENNA onkia

SICILY - HENNA onkia VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : onkia
Date: c. 250-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Enna, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête de Mercure. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine verte, légèrement piquée au droit
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste d’Hermès à droite coiffé du pétase, le caducée sur l’épaule.
Obverse legend : ENNAI[WN].

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Femme (Déméter) assise à droite sur un rocher, la tête tournée à droite, tenant une amphore couchée et la déversant de la main droite et un long roseau de la main gauche.

Commentary


Pour ce type, G. Buceti a recensé dix exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 2,37 g et 3,86 g. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.

Historical background


SICILY - HENNA

(4th century BC)

Enna was a colony of Syracuse founded in 664 BC on a solid acropolis, famous for its temple of Demeter. Governed by a tyrant, Dionysius the Elder seized the city in 386 BC but had to abandon it before the advance of the Carthaginian general Himilcon. Nevertheless, Enna came under the influence of Syracuse, certainly dominated by Agathokles until the arrival in 309 of the Akragantian general Xenodikos. But two years later, the city fell back under the control of the Syracusan. After the latter's death, Enna fell into the hands of Phintias of Agrigento (287-279 BC). The inhabitants requested and obtained the support of the Carthaginians before falling in 259 BC into the hands of the Romans. During the Second Punic War, the city was destroyed in 214 BC and then repopulated.

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