bgr_324956 - SICILY - MESSANA Dilitron

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Price : 550.00 €

Type : Dilitron

Date: c. 338-331 AC.

Mint name / Town : Messine, Sicile

Metal : copper

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 11,01 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Poséidon. Revers bien venu à la frappe, faible sur la légende. Très belle patine vert clair

Catalogue references :

HGCS. 2/830 (500$) - CNS.1 p. 50 - MSTSG.118 (R2) - Messana709 - MIAMG.4450 (R3) (450€) - ANS.391 - Cop.20 - Münich670 - Laffaille176

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée de Poséidon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; gènetis circulaire perlé.

Obverse legend : POSEI-DAN.

Obverse translation : (Poséidon).

Reverse

Reverse description : Trident richement ornementé avec des volutes et des palmettes, accosté de deux dauphins la tête ne bas.

Reverse legend : [M-E-S-SA-N-IW-N].

Reverse translation : (de Messine).

Commentary

Pour ce type, G. Buceti a recensé vingt-deux exemplaires avec des poids compris ente 13,11 g et 17,90 g.

Historical background

SICILY - MESSANA

(4th century BC)

Messina was founded by the Chalcidians around 725 BC under the name of Zancle, sickle, a name that comes from the shape of the port of the city. The Samians, fleeing the Persian yoke, seized the city in 493 BC and kept it for four years until Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegion, chased them away and renamed the city, Messina. Anaxilas and his son were overthrown in 461 BC and Democracy established. Messina was destroyed by the Carthaginians in 396 BC. Messina, after regaining some prosperity during the second half of the 4th century BC, was once again ravaged by an invader, this time- here, Oscan mercenaries who destroyed the city and massacred its inhabitants in 288 BC. The new masters, the Mamertines, maintained their autonomy under the control of the Romans until the 1st century BC. Coinage ceased in 38 BC.

SICILY - MESSANA Litra AU

380.00 €

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