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Live auction - bgr_467501 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra AU
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Estimate : 550 €
Price : 360 €
Maximum bid : 360 €
End of the sale : 06 March 2018 14:11:29
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Litra
Date: c. 275 - 269/265 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 6,38 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Magnifique tête de Koré. Joli revers de style fin. Très jolie patine marron foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz et de la collection M. P

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) à gauche, couronné avec des épis ; derrière, une fleur de pavot ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSION.
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Reverse


Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche ; au-dessus, une massue.
Reverse legend : D /IE.

Commentary


Semble complètement inédit et non recensé avec delta au revers au-dessus du taureau. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Ce type est attribué par Hoover à Hiéron II, frappé entre 275 et 269/265 avant J.-C.

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.

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