bgr_484063 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

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Type : Litra

Date: c. 214-212 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile

Metal : copper

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : ,23 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale à l’usure très importante identifiable. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

HGCS. 2/1470 (S) - CNS.207 - ANS.105 - MIAMG.5322 ((R) 225€)

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du stock Agora Numismatique et de la collection Laurent F

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], (Surakosiwn).

Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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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