E-auction 43-17168 - bgr_307549 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 41 € |
| Maximum bid : | 50 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 February 2014 15:02:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 278-276 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Très Beau portrait d’Héraklès à gauche. Joli représentation du revers, mais métal légèrement piqué. Jolie patine vert foncé, granuleuse au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à gauche, coiffée de la léonté, nouée sous le cou.
Obverse legend : [SURA/KOSIWN]
Obverse translation : (des Syracusains).
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna Promachos (Minerve victorieuse) marchant debout à droite, brandissant le foudre de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche, l’égide tombant de l’épaule.
Commentary
Pour ce type, nous avons deux type bien différents. Au revers, la représentation d’Athéna Promachos fait penser à un statue cultuelle de la déesse qui pouvait être transportée.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(278-275 BC)
Pyrrhus strategos, King of Epirus
Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhian-style victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more. After the victory at Ascoli in 279 BC, Pyrrhus failed to secure a decisive victory over the Romans, became angry with his Greek and Syracusan allies, and was finally defeated at Benevento in 275 BC. C. He retreated to Epirus, where he was eventually assassinated.
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