v24_0040 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron, (MB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Type : Hemilitron, (MB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 310-305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Exemplaire bien centré. Patine vert foncé. Flan légèrement piqué
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse legend : [SURAKOSIWN]
Obverse translation : (salvatrice).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche ; lettre au-dessous.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(317-289 BC)
Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse
Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and assumed the title of king in 305 BC. In 310 the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and must retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.
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