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bgr_413459 - SICILY - LEONTINOI Tétradrachme

SICILY - LEONTINOI Tétradrachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 3 800.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 455-430 AC.
Mint name / Town : Leontini, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés, complet au revers. Très beau portrait particulier d’Apollon au droit. Joli revers ramassé bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite , les cheveux longs retenus dans un chignon.

Reverse


Reverse legend : L-EO-N-T-I-NO-N.
Reverse description : Tête de lion à droite, la gueule ouverte et la langue pendante, entourée de quatre grains d'orge.
Reverse translation : (de Léontini).

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la vente Gorny & Mosch 212, n° 1138, que la vente Hirsch 264, n° 72 et que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society n° 244. Cet type semble infiniment plus rare avec cette expression mutine du visage d’Apollon.

Historical background


SICILY - LEONTINOI

(5th - 4th century BC)

Leontini was founded in 729 BC. -VS. by Chalcidians from Naxos. In 496, Leontini came under the influence of Hippokrates, tyrant of Gela before joining the rule of Syracuse with Hieron I twenty years later.. On the death of the tyrant, the city was liberated in 466 BC.. -VS. by establishing democracy. The city was subjugated by Syracuse in 422 BC. -VS. and its inhabitants settled in Syracuse. Leontini with Segesta appealed to Athens to intervene against Syracuse. It was the famous Athens expedition to Sicily that ended in disaster.. Leontini was repopulated by Agrigento, Géla and Camarina and its integrity guaranteed by the Carthaginians after the peace signed by Himilcon. But as early as 403 BC. -VS. Dionysius the Elder seized the city and deported its population. After the death of Dionysius the Elder, Leontini revolted and opened his doors to Dion against Dionysius the Younger. Hiketas settles in Léontini. Hiketas captured Syracuse in 344 BC. -VS. forcing Dionysius the Younger to find refuge on the island of Ortygia. Hiketas returned to Leontini on the arrival of the Corinthian general Timoleon and his mercenaries. Hiketas was finally assassinated. The inhabitants of Léontini left their city again for Syracuse. Hereditary enemies of the Syracusans, the dissidents of Leontini allied themselves with the Carthaginians against Agathokles who, after the intervention of the Akragantain general, Xenodikos, finally remained under Syracusan influence.. The city was then conquered by Pyrrhus during his expedition to Sicily before being integrated into the kingdom of Hieron II. Hieronymos, grandson of Hieron II was assassinated in Leontini who revolted against Syracuse, the Romans and allied himself with the Carthaginians. The city was taken the following year by Marcellus and became a tributary city.

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