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bgr_784681 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hémidrachme

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hémidrachme VF
100.00 €(Approx. 108.00$ | 86.00£)
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Type : Hémidrachme
Date: c. 343 - 339/338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 16,15 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine vert foncé

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus Eleutherios à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : ZEUS ELEU-QE-RIOS.
Obverse translation : (Zeus Eleutherios).

Reverse


Reverse description : Foudre vertical, un aigle dans le champ à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SURAKO-SIWN.
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Commentary


Pour ce type, nous avons deux types de différents accostant le foudre au revers (grain d’orge ou aigle).

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(344-317 BC)

Timoleon

After Dion's assassination in 354 BC, a period of instability ensued for ten years. Timoléon, originally from Corinth, landed in Sicily in 344 BC and took control of Syracuse. He restored Greek hegemony in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians after the Battle of Crimisus in 339 BC. He set up a democratic government which unfortunately did not survive him, Agathokles seizing power from 317 BC. Nevertheless, for about twenty years, Syracuse knew a period of peace which allowed it to restore its finances and to develop an important program of urban construction, accompanied by the return of agricultural prosperity..

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