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Live auction - bgr_285832 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Quatre litrai

SICILY - SYRACUSE Quatre litrai AU
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Estimate : 950 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 19 April 2016 14:05:55
Type : Quatre litrai
Date: c. 250 AC
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait expressif de Gélon. Joli revers de style fin avec le métal légèrement corrodé. Patine grise de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Gélon à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre, les ailes fermées.
Reverse legend : GELONOS SURAKOSI / E - BA.
Reverse translation : (Gélon de Syracuse).

Commentary


Poids léger. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente pour ce type qui est beaucoup plus rare. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

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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