Live auction - bgr_467478 - SICILY - AKRAGAS Hemilitron
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| Estimate : | 720 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 14:05:13 |
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 400-380 AC.
Mint name / Town : Agrigente, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 15,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête d’Akragas. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de London Ancient Coin et de la collection M. P
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête du dieu fluvial Akragas diadémé à gauche, coiffé de la tainia et cornu ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Obverse legend : [AKRAGAS].
Obverse translation : (Agrigente).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur une colonne ionique, les ailes repliées, la tête à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un crabe tourné à gauche ; derrière six globules posés en rectangle en deux rangées.
Commentary
Au droit le coin commence à se boucher sur la tempe du dieu fluvial. Nous sommes bien en présence de l’épithète du dieu au droit. Au revers, nous retrouvons les principaux symboles du monnayage acragantin avant la prise de la cité par les Carthaginois en 406 avant J.-C. C’est certainement un très grand graveur qui a réalisé ce travail élégant et raffiné.
Historical background
SICILY - AKRAGAS
(6th - 5th century BC)
Agrigento was founded in the 6th century BC by settlers from Gela. It was one of the most beautiful and prosperous cities on the southern coast of Sicily. The city was a few kilometers from the sea at the confluence of two rivers, Akragas and Hypsas. Coinage seems to begin around 550 BC.. -VS. under the domination of the tyrant Phlaris. Theron, tyrant of Agrigento, captured Himera in 482 BC. -VS. The latter and Gelon of Syracuse won a brilliant victory over the Carthaginians at Himera in 480 BC.. -VS. who loosened the vice that Carthage imposed on the island. After Theron's death in 472 BC. -VS. , Democracy was restored. In 413 BC. -VS. , Agrigento was rather favorable to the Athenians against the Syracusans. The city was destroyed in 406 BC. -VS. , during the Carthaginian invasion. It was nevertheless rebuilt, but did not regain its former splendor.. The city found itself caught in the conflict between the Carthaginians and the Romans during the first two Punics (261-241 BC).. -VS. and 221-201 BC. -VS. ). The Romans captured Agrigento in 210 BC. -VS. , during the conquest of Sicily.
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