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bgr_640962 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai

SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai VF
80.00 €(Approx. 86.40$ | 68.80£)
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Type : Double litrai
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 19,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli portrait. Métal légèrement piqué. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale ; deux lettres sous le cheval.
Reverse legend : IERWNOS/ (AR).

Commentary


Poids lourd.

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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