v41_0066 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Bronze, (PBQ, Æ 12)

SICILY - SYRACUSE Bronze, (PBQ, Æ 12) XF

MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 181.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 200.00 €

Type : Bronze, (PBQ, Æ 12)

Date: c. 317-295 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracusa

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 12 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 1,86 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré. Tête énigmatique. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse

Catalogue references :

ANS.745 - MIAMG.5195 (R) (425€) - GC.1198 - BMC.377

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche.

Obverse legend : [SURAKOSION].

Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Reverse

Reverse description : Chien couché à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.

Reverse legend : D.

Commentary

Poids léger. Ce type particulier est attribué à la période d’Agathoklès sans certitude.

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse

Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and assumed the title of king in 305 BC. In 310 the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and must retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron XF/AU

180.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

150.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron XF

120.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron AU

195.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

150.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

175.00 €

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v41_0066 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Bronze, (PBQ, Æ 12)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse

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