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bgr_513572 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra AU
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 214-212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 7,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Poséidon avec un début de cassure de coin sur le nez. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
HGCS. 2/1470 (S) - CNS.207  - ANS.105  - MIAMG.5322 var. (R) 225€)
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Naville Numismatics 28, n° 76

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Poséidon à gauche, coiffée de la tainia ; un petit dauphin derrière la tête.

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête de trident ornementée, accostée de deux dauphins la tête en bas.
Reverse legend : SURA-KO/SIWN/ A-T (Surakosiwn).
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Commentary

Ce type constitue une monnaie divisionnaire de la série au trident décrite comme un tiers d’unité de la litra. Il s’agit plutôt d’un quart de litra ou 3 onkiai. C’est l’une des plus petites monnaies divisionnaires de la cité avant sa capture par les Romains.

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(214-212 BC)

Fifth Republic

After the death of Hiéron, in 215 before J. - C., his nephew succeeds to him; he was nicknamed "the little Hieron" to differentiate him from his august predecessor. The new monarch allied with Carthage and Hannibal who was then in southern Italy, in Capua. Unfortunately, he will regret this alliance; he was overthrown the following year and the Republic was restored. This gesture by the new rulers was not enough to prevent the Romans from invading Sicily and laying siege to Syracuse. Despite fierce resistance and the assistance of the war machines imagined by Archimedes, in particular the incendiary mirrors, the city falls. Marcellus, the Roman Imperator, tries in vain to save the great scientist who is assassinated by a soldier. Syracuse is given over to plunder. The Romans are masters of all of Sicily in 210 BC.

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