v57_0045 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 275-269/265 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de haut relief et bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Perséphone de haut relief. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert olive lissée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXVI, n° 17
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) à gauche, couronné avec des épis.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSION
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche ; au-dessus, une massue.
Reverse legend : UA /IE
Commentary
(PB, Æ 17). Le revers est très proche des petits bronzes de Marseille au taureau chargeant. Attribué précédemment à Agathoklès, il faut plutôt restituer ce monnayage à Hiéron II dans la première partie de son règne entre 274 et 265.
(PB, Æ 17). The reverse is very close to the small bronzes of Marseille with the charging bull. Previously attributed to Agathokles, this coinage should rather be attributed to Hiero II in the first part of his reign between 274 and 265
(PB, Æ 17). The reverse is very close to the small bronzes of Marseille with the charging bull. Previously attributed to Agathokles, this coinage should rather be attributed to Hiero II in the first part of his reign between 274 and 265
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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