bgr_420924 - SICILY - MESSANA Litra
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 420-413 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messine, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,71 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince, large et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit à l’usure régulière. Revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Franceschi & Fils (Bruxelles)
Obverse
Obverse description : Lièvre bondissant à droite ; au-dessous, un pétoncle : grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MES.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne d’olivier.
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Historical background
SICILY - MESSANA
(5th century BC)
Messina was founded by the Chalcidians around 725 BC under the name of Zancle or sickle, a name that comes from the shape of the port of the city. The Samians, fleeing the Persian yoke, seized the city in 493 BC and kept it for four years until Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegion, chased them away and renamed the city, Messina. Anaxilas and his son were overthrown in 461 BC and Democracy established. Messina was destroyed by the Carthaginians in 396 BC. Messina, after regaining some prosperity during the second half of the 4th century BC, was once again ravaged by an invader, this time- here, Oscan mercenaries who destroyed the city and massacred its inhabitants in 288 BC. The new masters, the Mamertines, maintained their autonomy under the control of the Romans until the 1st century BC. Coinage ceased in 38 BC.
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