E-auction 234-157564 - bgr_454029 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 67 € |
| Maximum bid : | 78 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 October 2017 14:03:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 287-278 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 8,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré, court sur les légendes. Belle tête de Zeus. Légèrement décentré au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée et imberbe de Zeus Hellanios à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : [DIOS ELLANIOU].
Obverse translation : (Dieu des Grecs).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes ouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, une lettre.
Reverse legend : [SURAK/OSIWN].
Reverse translation : (des Syracusains).
Commentary
Tête particulière de Zeus sur cet exemplaire.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(287-278 BC)
Hiketas
Hiketas, strategist, succeeded Agathokles and became tyrant of Syracuse. He defeated Phintias, tyrant of Agrigento, at Hyblaion, but was in turn defeated by the Carthaginians at Terias and expelled from Thonion in 279 BC before being driven out of Syracuse and replaced by Pyrrhus (Diodorus of Sicily , 21, 16, 6; 18.1; 22, 2, 1; 7, 2-3); [KP. 1145, lines 17-49].
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