v49_0111 - SICILY - SYRACUSE As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: c. après 212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Syracuse
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 13,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, ovale et irrégulier, légèrement décentré au droit sur la tête de Zeus à l’usure régulière. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Belle patine vert olive foncé, légèrement granuleuse
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Claude Silberstein (2006)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus (Jupiter) à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Simulacre d’Isis, tenant une torche dans un quadrige à pas à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SURAK//O/SIWN.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première que nous le proposons à la vente.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(212-210 BC)
Roman occupation
After the death of Hiéron, in 215 before J. - C., his nephew succeeds to him; he was nicknamed "the little Hieron" to differentiate him from his august predecessor. The new monarch allied with Carthage and Hannibal who was then in southern Italy, in Capua. Unfortunately, he will regret this alliance; he was overthrown the following year and the Republic was restored. This gesture by the new rulers was not enough to prevent the Romans from invading Sicily and laying siege to Syracuse. Despite fierce resistance and the assistance of the war machines imagined by Archimedes, in particular the incendiary mirrors, the city falls. Marcellus, the Roman Imperator, tries in vain to save the great scientist who is assassinated by a soldier. Syracuse is given over to plunder. The Romans are masters of all of Sicily in 210 BC.
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