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Price : 1 700.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 1 700.00 €
Type : Seize litrai
Date: c. 240-216 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 13,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, centré, avec un petit manque de métal à 2h. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête voilée et diadémée de Philistis à gauche ; derrière, une couronne ; une étoile dans le champ à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké dans un quadrige au pas à droite, tenant les rênes ; une étoile au-dessus.
Reverse legend : BASILISSAS// FILISTIDOS.
Reverse translation : (Reine Philistis).
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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