v23_0034 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron ou bronze au foudre, (MB, Æ 23)
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 187.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 187.00 €
Type : Hemilitron ou bronze au foudre, (MB, Æ 23)
Date: c.295-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 10,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de haut relief et de belle qualité pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan large et complet des deux côtés. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d'Artémis à droite, avec boucle d'oreille et un collier ; le carquois est visible derrière la tête sur le cou.
Obverse legend : SWTEIRA
Obverse translation : (salvatrice).
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé.
Reverse legend : AGAQOKLEO[S]// BASILE[OS]
Reverse translation : (Agathoklès roi).
Commentary
Poids très lourd pour ce type de monnayage.
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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