v26_0014 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron, (PB, Æ 15)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 105.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 105.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 105.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 105.00 €
Type : Hemilitron, (PB, Æ 15)
Date: c. 405 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Syracuse
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bien centré avec un beau portrait. Patine superficielle verte avec de minuscules concrétions vertes et rouges. Revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Aréthuse à gauche, avec boucles d'oreille .
Reverse
Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons avec moyeu central ; légende dans les deux cantons supérieurs et deux dauphins affrontés dans les deux cantons inférieurs.
Reverse legend : SU-RA.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est contemporain des décadrachmes de Kimon et d’Évainète de Syracuse. Sur certains exemplaires, nous avons un dauphin derrière la tête d’Aréthuse, ici non visible.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(5th century BC)
Demokratia
After the disappearance of Hieron in 467 and the usurpation of Thrasybulus, democracy was established in 466 BC in Syracuse as in most Sicilian cities. The city then experienced a great period of economic and political expansion radiating throughout the island. Simultaneously, it had to fight against the Etruscans and especially against the Carthaginians who periodically tried to settle or, at least, to control eastern Sicily. During the Peloponnesian War, she had to face on her ground the formidable Athenian expedition led from 415 BC by Alcibiades and Nicias. After the recall of the former, the Athenian fleet was cast in the port of Syracuse, Nicias put to death, and the survivors of the Athenian army condemned to hard labor in the stone quarries. In 409, the Carthaginians invaded the island again and seized Selinunte and Himera, then Agrigento in 405 BC. Dionysius of Syracuse seized power and drove back the invaders.
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