Live auction - bgr_505150 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Double litrai
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 170 € |
| Maximum bid : | 170 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 14:03:00 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Double litrai
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 19,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais. Belle tête de Hiéron II. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Hiéron II à gauche ; derrière un caducée vertical ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite se cabrant, vêtu militairement, tenant une javeline transversale ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : IERWNOS
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, nous avons un caducée, visible derrière la tête. La tête de Hiéron présente un menton en galoche.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(274-216 BC)
Hieronymus, King of Syracuse
Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.
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