bgr_1080463 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hémilitron
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Type : Hémilitron
Date: 343 - 339/338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse,Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 14,39 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus Eleutherios à droite.
Obverse legend : ZEUS EL-EU-QERIOS
Obverse translation : (Zeus Eleutherios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre vertical accosté d'un aigle à droite.
Reverse legend : SU-RAK-OSIWN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
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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