v08_0012 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Bronze au foudre Æ 22
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Bronze au foudre Æ 22
Date: c.295-289 AC
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Syracuse
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 9,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Poids lourd pour cette émission. Patine marron. Frappe faible au revers / Très beau revers de haut relief, légèrement gratté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d'Artémis à droite, avec des boucles d'oreilles et un collier ; le carquois est visible derrière la tête sur le cou.
Obverse legend : SWTEIRA
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé.
Reverse legend : AGAQOKLEOS// BASILEOS
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(317-289 BC)
Agathokles, King of Syracuse
Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and had taken the title of king in 305 BC. In 310, the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and had to retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.
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