bgr_717443 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas

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Type : Hexas

Date: c. 305-295 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,47 g.

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers, à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

HGCS. 2/1509 - CNS.118 - MIAMG.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN DEUX LIGNES.

Reverse description : Foudre ailé ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse legend : SURA/KOSIWN.

Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).

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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bgr_717443 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hexas

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Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, King of Syracuse

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