v34_0066 - SICILY - SYRACUSE 25 litrai en électrum
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 320.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 495.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 495.00 €
Starting price : 320.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 495.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 495.00 €
Type : 25 litrai en électrum
Date: c. 310-305 AC
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière. Trace de monture ancienne. Frappe faible sur la légende au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs ; derrière la tête, une amphore.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien.
Reverse legend : [SURAK]-OSIWN.
Reverse translation : (De Syracuse).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 621, pl. 21).
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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