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bgr_511615 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 415-405 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, éclaté à 12 heures. Belle tête de nymphe. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine verte
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection B. Odaert

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de nymphe (Aréthuse) à gauche, les cheveux retenus dans un sphendoné, diadémée avec boucles d'oreille et collier ; derrière la tête, deux feuilles d’olivier ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Dauphin à droite au-dessus d'un pétoncle ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SU-RA.
Reverse translation : (Syracuse).

Commentary


Ce type serait bien contemporain de la fin de la Démocratie entre l’invasion athénienne de la Sicile et la prise de pouvoir de Denys Ier. L’émission pourrait même se poursuivre après cette date. Derrière la tête, nous aurions deux feuilles d’olivier, symbolisant ainsi peut-être une victoire ?.

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(5th century BC)

Demokratia

After the disappearance of Hieron in 467 and the usurpation of Thrasybulus, democracy was established in 466 BC in Syracuse as in most Sicilian cities. The city then experienced a great period of economic and political expansion radiating throughout the island. Simultaneously, it had to fight against the Etruscans and especially against the Carthaginians who periodically tried to settle or, at least, to control eastern Sicily. During the Peloponnesian War, she had to face on her ground the formidable Athenian expedition led from 415 BC by Alcibiades and Nicias. After the recall of the former, the Athenian fleet was cast in the port of Syracuse, Nicias put to death, and the survivors of the Athenian army condemned to hard labor in the stone quarries. In 409, the Carthaginians invaded the island again and seized Selinunte and Himera, then Agrigento in 405 BC. Dionysius of Syracuse seized power and drove back the invaders.

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