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bgr_965680 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF
60.00 €(Approx. 69.60$ | 52.80£)
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Type : Litra
Date: c. après 212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine vert foncé

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Arès à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké debout de face, drapée, les ailes ouvertes, tenant un couteau de la main droite, s’apprêtant à sacrifier un bœuf agenouillé.
Reverse legend : SU-R-AK-O-SI-WN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Commentary


Sur ce type, la tête au droit est décrite parfois comme celle d’Athéna. Il faut en effet plutôt y voir celle d’Arès, dieu de la guerre.
On this type, the head on the right is sometimes described as that of Athena. In fact, it should rather be seen as that of Ares, god of war.

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(212-210 BC)

Roman occupation

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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