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E-auction 283-203827 - bgr_488662 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF
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Estimate : 75 €
Price : 39 €
Maximum bid : 51 €
End of the sale : 17 September 2018 14:02:00
bidders : 10 bidders
Type : Litra
Date: c. 295-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,90 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, décentré au droit. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête diadémée imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à gauche ; bandeau simple (tainia) ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSIWN.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite, levant l’antérieur gauche ; au-dessus, une massue tournée à droite ; à l’exergue, une torche.

Commentary


Poids léger. Normalement sur ce type avec la tête d’Héraklès, nous trouvons parfois un trépied, une corne d’abondance, un trophée, un arc ou une étoile, absent sur notre exemplaire à cause du centrage.

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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