v24_0045 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra, (MB, Æ 20)

AU/XF

MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Litra, (MB, Æ 20)

Date: c. 260-220 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracusa

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,35 g.

Coments on the condition:

Flan un peu court. Beau portrait bien centré. Très jolie patine verte. Frappe molle au revers

Catalogue references :

Cop.368 - GC.1223 - ANS.979 var. - MIAMG.5299 var.

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES VIII, 16 juin 2000, n° 14

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].

Commentary

La faiblesse de frappe au revers ne permet pas de distinguer la marque particulière de l'émission qui est normalement placée sous la légende.

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.

SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai XF

160.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra AU

320.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

70.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF

90.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Seize litrai AU/AU

1500.00 €

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra AU

240.00 €

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v24_0045 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra, (MB, Æ 20)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

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