bgr_402047 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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Price : 100.00 €
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 269/265 - 240 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Belle tête d’Apollon au droit. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite.
Reverse legend : IA// [IERWNOS].
Reverse translation : (de Hiéron).
Commentary
Seulement quatre exemplaires recensés par R. Calciati. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(274-216 BC)
Hieronymus, King of Syracuse
Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.
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