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Live auction - bgr_467507 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai

SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai AU
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 450 €
Maximum bid : 525 €
End of the sale : 06 March 2018 14:11:59
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Double litrai
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis visible au droit. Très jolie tête de Hiéron. Revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine verte
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente LANZ 163, n° 23 et de la collection M P

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Hiéron II à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite se cabrant, vêtu militairement, tenant une javeline transversale ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : IERWNOS/ F.

Commentary


Sur cet exemplaire, nous n’avons pas de symbole visible derrière la tête. La tête de Hiéron présente un menton en galoche.

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.

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