bgr_947262 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Deux-et-demi litrai

SICILY - SYRACUSE Deux-et-demi litrai AU

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Type : Deux-et-demi litrai

Date: c. 214-212 AC.

Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,18 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Joli portrait d’Apollon, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - ANS.904 - Cop.- - MIAMG.5062 (1500€) - GC.1003 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse

Reverse description : Figure féminine marchant à gauche (Tyché) drapé flottant au vent, le voile au-dessus de la tête, tenant une urne de la main droite tendue et une palme de la main gauche.

Reverse legend : SURAKOSIOI/ K.

Reverse translation : (des Syracusains).

Historical background

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(214-212 BC)

Fifth Republic

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.

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF

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