bgr_698668 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 240-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 6,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan centré. Joli portrait. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Poséidon à gauche, coiffée de la tainia ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de trident ornementée, accostée de deux dauphins, la tête en bas ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : IERO-NOS/ LU
Commentary
Émission très importante avec de nombreuses variétés de lettres.
Very large issue with many varieties of letters
Very large issue with many varieties of letters
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.
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