bgr_715420 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

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Type : Litra

Date: c. 275 - 269/265 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,77 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée présentant un joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

Laffaille- - MIAMG.5133 - GC.1195 - ANS.584 - HGCS. 2/1469

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) à gauche, couronné avec des épis ; derrière, une fleur de pavot ; grènetis circulaire.

Obverse legend : SURAKOSION.

Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).

Reverse

Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche ; au-dessus, une massue.

Reverse legend : IE.

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

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra AU

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai XF

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SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

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bgr_715420 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

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Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

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