bgr_1045116 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 310-305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Revers agréable. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Laffaille1486(S) - ANS.85 p. 207 (A/ 65 - R/ 14) - MIAMG.5163 (R) (500€) - GC.1199 var. - ANS.644 - Münich1172 - Laffaille230
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque ; derrière la tête, une grappe de raisin.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSIWN
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche .
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(317-289 BC)
Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse
Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and assumed the title of king in 305 BC. In 310 the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and must retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.
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