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Live auction - bgr_555744 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Statère

SICILY - SYRACUSE Statère AU
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Estimate : 1 600 €
Price : 1 350 €
Maximum bid : 1 755 €
End of the sale : 03 December 2019 14:10:24
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Statère
Date: c. 305-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,79 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, au droit de toute beauté. Magnifique tête d’Athéna. Revers parfaitement centré, de haut relief bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière le casque, petite chouette debout à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.

Commentary


Statère corinthien d’étalon réduit. Sur cet exemplaire, droit et revers sont inversés par rapport aux types normaux pour Corinthe et ses colonies. Ce type bien particulier, d’étalon corinthien léger semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux et a été frappé à partir du moment où Agathoklès devient roi. Au revers le petit foudre qui normalement est placé sous Pégase semble absent .

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(317-289 BC)

Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse

Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and assumed the title of king in 305 BC. In 310 the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and must retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.

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