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bgr_489000 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas

SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas XF
175.00 €(Approx. 189.00$ | 150.50£)
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Type : Hexas
Date: c. 295-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête d’Apollon. Représentation inhabituelle au revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSIWN.
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Chien assis à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, regardant un serpent ; grènetis circulaire.

Commentary


Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux et est encore parfois attribué à la période de Timoléon.

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, King of Syracuse

Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and had taken the title of king in 305 BC. In 310, the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and had to retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.

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