E-auction 40-15453 - bgr_301601 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 53 € |
| Maximum bid : | 62 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 January 2014 15:01:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 415-405 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, très irrégulier et échancré, légèrement décentré au revers. Beau portrait d’Aréthuse. Très joli revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe, mais court de flan. Très belle patine vert olive profond
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Aréthuse à gauche, diadémée avec boucles d'oreille et collier ; derrière la tête, deux feuilles de laurier ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Dauphin à droite au-dessus d'un pétoncle ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : SU-RA
Reverse translation : (Syracuse).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Pour cette dénomination, O. Hoover signale une étendue pondérale importante entre 2,66 g et 6,57 g.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(405-367 BC)
Dionysos the Elder
During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), Syracuse had to face on its territory 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 and the Athenians were defeated on the Assinarios in 413 BC, Nicias put to death and the survivors of the Athenian army condemned to hard labor in stone quarries (latomies). 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 in 397 BC .-C. The reign of Dionysius the Elder lasted another thirty years and it was Timoleon who succeeded him.
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