Live auction - bgr_554903 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Drachme
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 410 € |
| Maximum bid : | 440 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 14:10:58 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 343-332 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 26,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et bien centré. Belle tête de Zeus, bien détaillée. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
HGCS. 2/1439 (S) - CNS.80 p. 185 - GC.1191 - MIAMG.5106 (R2) - Münich1159 - BMC.311 - Cop.725 - Laffaille225 - ANS.533
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Gadoury de 1980, lot n° 111
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée de Zeus à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : ZEUS EL-EUQERIOS
Obverse translation : (Zeus Eleutherios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval libre bondissant à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SURA-K//OSIWN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Commentary
Ce type est parfois décrit comme un hémilitron, mais aussi parfois comme une litra ou un dilitron.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(344-317 BC)
Timoleon
After Dion's assassination in 354 BC, a period of instability ensued for ten years. Timoléon, originally from Corinth, landed in Sicily in 344 BC and took control of Syracuse. He restored Greek hegemony in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians after the Battle of Crimisus in 339 BC. He set up a democratic government which unfortunately did not survive him, Agathokles seizing power from 317 BC. Nevertheless, for about twenty years, Syracuse knew a period of peace which allowed it to restore its finances and to develop an important program of urban construction, accompanied by the return of agricultural prosperity..
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