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v43_0041 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra, (MB, Æ 20)

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra, (MB, Æ 20) AU
AU
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 237.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 469.00 €
Type : Litra, (MB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 260-220 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,89 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, irrégulier, large, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Poséidon. Le trident est bien venu au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Cop.368  - GC.1223  - ANS.969  - MIAMG.5295 (R) (350€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Poséidon à gauche, coiffée de la tainia.

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête de trident ornementée, accostée de deux dauphins.
Reverse legend : IER-RWNOS/ (AG).
Reverse translation : (Hiéron).

Commentary

Notre exemplaire est très proche des exemplaires de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 969 et 1211).

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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