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bgr_864030 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra XF
XF
200.00 €(Approx. 214.00$ | 172.00£)
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Type : Litra
Date: c. après 212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée des deux côtés. Joli portrait d’Arès. Revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
HGCS. 2/1475 (R2) - CNS.233  - MIAMG.5341 (R) (200€) - ANS.1087

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Arès à droite, coiffé du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.

Reverse

Reverse description : Niké debout de face, les ailes grandes ouvertes, brandissant un couteau de la main droite, sacrifiant un bélier agenouillé ; grènetis perlé circulaire.
Reverse legend : SURAKOSIWN.

Commentary

Ce type est frappé au début de l’occupation romaine. Pour O. Hoover, ce type serait frappé à la fin du IIe ou au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C. Sur cette pièce, 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.

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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